Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Master's Theses Theses and Dissertations 1996 An Historical Review of the Cosmetology Profession Amy Ruff Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses Part of the Educational Leadership Commons Recommended Citation Ruff, Amy, "An Historical Review of the Cosmetology Profession" (1996). Master's Theses. 4197. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/4197 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1996 Amy Ruff LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE COSMETOLOGY PROFESSION A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP & POLICY STUDIES BY AMY RUFF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MAY 1996 Copyright by Amy Ruff, 1996 All rights reserved. 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author wishes to thank the director of the thesis committee, Janis Fine, Ph.D., for her guidance and insight during the course of this project. Her enthusiasm for the subject matter made the research enjoyable. Gratitude is also expressed to Robin Le Van, Director of the Museum of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences, St. Louis, MO., for her kind assistance with the Museum's archival collections. Special thanks to the Capri Corporation for their financial support and flexibility with the scheduling of classes.