Josephine Thorndike Berry

Josephine Thorndike Berry (February 25, 1871 – July 21, 1945) was an American educator and home economist. She held several roles as an educator including that of Superintendent of schools at Waterville, Kansas and Professor of Domestic Science, Northern Illinois State Normal School (now Northern Illinois University) at DeKalb, Illinois. She was the head of the Department of Home Economics at Northern Illinois State Normal School, at the State College of Washington, and at the University of Minnesota.

Early life and education Berry was born in Waterville, Kansas on February 25, 1871, the daughter of Edward A. and Flora A. (Lewis) Berry. She was educated at the University of Kansas, A.B.; Teachers College, Columbia University, B.S. 1904, A.M. 1910; Yale University, 1909–10; research fellow, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1909–10 (member, Pi Beta Phi).

Death Josephine Thorndike Berry died at St. Mary's Hospital, in Kansas City, Missouri, July 21, 1945.