Colorado State Normal School Instructor Maria T. Hennes, circa 1914

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[Maria Hennes instructor in Household Science This was scanned from 1914 Curecanti, p. 9.Negative exists in file folder.] crw, CSNS Domestic Science and Household Arts instructor Maria T. Hennes models the hat she designed, circa 1914. One of the original ten teachers at Colorado State Normal School, Maria T. Hennes presided over the Household Economics department. She also designed the hat. Hennes taught cooking and sewing, but more importantly, she wrote, "manual dexterity, close observation, neatness, knowledge of materials, the dignity of labor, and, above all, the attention of women to the greatest of all institutions--the home." Appointed Dean of Women in 1912, Hennes proved to be a stern disciplinarian. [Martin Hatcher notes]