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McCordic, Margaret (1889-1960)
Margaret McCordic might never have become an extension specialist in home management if her and her husband's crops on their South Dakota farm hadn't failed in 1927. They decided to come to Madison so that her husband could earn his Masters degree. She meanwhile took up a position with the Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service. Until 1956 when she retired, McCordic traveled more than 150,000 miles in order to help residents of Wisconsin improve their homes. The topics she taught during these years included selecting household equipment, planning and remodeling homes, and designing convenient community kitchens. In response to a shortage of plumbers, carpenters and handymen in northern Wisconsin right after World War II, McCordic planned a do-it-yourself repair program to provide equipment and training to homemakers for minor repairs. She also outfitted a house trailer as a model kitchen in order to demonstrate principles of efficient design. McCordic earned a BS in Home Economics from UW in 1912, only the second year in which a home economics class graduated. In 1940 she received her MS from Iowa State College. |
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