1940s

The Forties saw the beginning and the end of the War. In the first part a man was either 4-F or in the service, and the campus ratio wasn\u27t as favorable to women as usual. The shift brought more women to Iowa State College because families didn\u27t have to pay to put their sons through school, and they sent their daughters. In 1941, home economics enrollment hit a peak of nearly 1,800 students