The Home Economics Department at the University of Houston lasted from 1945 to 1977. According to the 1950 University of Houston Yearbook, The Houstonian, Home Economics offered instruction in food and nutrition, institution administration, clothing, textiles, costume design, interior decoration, child development, family life, and home economics education.
For a few years in the mid-2000s, S.H.A.P.E. Community Center in Houston’s Third Ward was the home to The Raw Truth Vegetarian Restaurant and Vegan Café, a local eatery that served both cooked and raw food meals to a varied clientele. One of the restaurant’s defining and unique characteristics was its raw food preparations.
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To read the full text of this transcript of the speech “State of Women in Houston” by Nikki Van Hightower that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
To read the full text of this article by Audrey Crawford that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
To read the full text of this article by MaryRoss Taylor that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
To read the full text of this article by Audrey Y. Crawford that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
To read the full text of this article by Betty Trapp Chapman that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
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