Background
Denton, Minna Caroline was born on January 16, 1873 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Lucius Gary and Caroline Antoinette (Hubbard) Denton.
Denton, Minna Caroline was born on January 16, 1873 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Lucius Gary and Caroline Antoinette (Hubbard) Denton.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1900, Master of Arts, 1901. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1918.
Teacher public schools, Fort Smith. Arkansas, 1891-1898; laboratory assistant, botanical laboratories, University of Michigan, 1900-1901. Instructor biology and sanitation, Milwaukee-Downer College, 1901-1906.
Instructor, later professor physiology and sanitation, and professor domestic science, Lewis Institute, Chicago, 1906-1914.
Honorary fellow in home economics, University of Chicago, 1908. Instructor same, summer session, 1913.
Professor home economics, Ohio State University, 1914-1916. Fellow in physiology, University of Chicago, 1916-1917, Ellen H. Richards fellow, 1917-1918.
With United States Department of Agriculture as assistant chief Office of Home Economics, and nutrition chemist Bureau Home Economics, 1918-1925.
Professor and head home economics department, George Washington University, 1925-1929. Professor household science, University of California, summer, 1925, U. Washington, summer, 1928. Consultant to manufacturers, since 1929.
President District of Columbia Home Economics Association 1922-1924.
Member American Chemical Society, American Home Economics Association, Sigma Xi.