129:. She was president of the American Home Economics Association from 1934 to 1936, and vice-president of the American Dietetic Association in 1924. In 1929, she spoke at the annual meeting of the Western Hospital Association, in Los Angeles, on the education of dietitians. She was one of the experts who attended the White House Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership in 1931. She served on the board of the Seattle Visiting Nurse Service in the 1930s. She attended the 4th Pan-Pacific Women's Conference in Vancouver in 1937.
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Some sources give her birth year as 1879; June 13, 1878 is the birth date given on her 1910 application for a United States passport, and
Patterson, Iowa is the birth place given; from the National Archives, via
109:, the daughter of George Patterson Raitt and Janet (or Jeanette) McFadden Raitt. All of her grandparents were born in Scotland; her father was a Presbyterian minister. She trained as a dietitian at
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494:"Two U.S. Government Officials Will Attend Pan-Pacific Meet"
161:"What Can Business Do to Remove Consumer Suspicion?" (1936)
422:"Western Hospital Convention is 'Round Table' Conference"
149:"A Survey of the Status of the Hospital Dietitian" (1923)
572:"Teachers Show Interest in 'Nutrition for Defense'"
405:"Dietitians Make Final Plans for Annual Conference"
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623:"A Survey of the Status of the Hospital Dietitian"
158:"The Nature and Function of Home Economics" (1935)
155:"Home Economics in the State of Washington" (1929)
644:Lyon, Leverett Samuel; Butler, A. Marie (1927).
520:"Best Food for Invalids and Children is Milk"
370:Bulletin of the American Dietetic Association
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663:"Home Economics in the State of Washington"
597:"Home Economics Heads Are to Have Luncheon"
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720:"Legacies & traditions at the UW"
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546:"Expert Gives Advice about Milk"
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661:Raitt, Effie I. (April 1929).
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366:"Officers of the Association"
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800:American women nutritionists
570:Dean, Dorothy (1942-04-13).
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286:"Scientific Notes and News"
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341:"Home Economics Chief"
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261:"Fellowship Award"
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