Ruth Van Deman

1888 – 1948

• A closet for everything
• Clothing economies
• More soap
• Picking 1940 cottons on the counter
• The hosiery wardrobe
• "Mrs. America volunteers"
• 140, 000, 000 eggs
• 4-H Liberty ships
• 5-minute cabbage
• A Christmas gift basket
• A Christmas gift basket of foods
• A dialogue between Ruth van Deman, Bureau of Home Economics, Washington, D.C., and Mr. Everett Mitchell, National Broadcasting Corporation, Illinois, delivered in the Department of Agriculture period of the National Farm and Home Hour, broadcast by a netw