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Zelta Feike Rodenwold
A young white woman with dark hair and glasses
Zelta Feike, from the 1919 yearbook of Oregon State University
Born
Zelta Fern Feike

(1895-01-03)January 3, 1895
Bayard, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJune 14, 1987(1987-06-14) (aged 92)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
OccupationsHome economist, editor, broadcaster

Zelta Fern Feike Rodenwold (January 3, 1895 – June 14, 1987) was an American home economist, editor, and broadcaster. She was director of women's programs at KOAC radio in Oregon, and an information specialist with the Bureau of Home Economics in Washington, D.C. She was editor of the Journal of Home Economics.

Early life and education

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Feike was born in Bayard, Iowa,[1] the daughter of Ferdinand Boyd Feike and Anna Belle Peterson Feike. Her father ran a furniture store.[2] She went to high school in Oklahoma, attended Drake University in Iowa,[1] and graduated from Oregon State University (OSU) in 1919.[3] In 1969 she was recognized with the OSU Outstanding Graduate Award.[4] She was a member of the Delta Zeta sorority.[5] In 1975, Delta Zeta chapter at OSU honored Rodenwold as their first initiate and first chapter president.[6]

She earned a master's degree from Iowa State College in 1929.[1]

Career

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She was secretary of the School of Home Economics at OSU from 1919 to 1921. She was manager of the Oregon State University Alumni Association from 1921 to 1926,[1][7] and founding editor the association's magazine.[8] From 1930 to 1946, Rodenwold was director of women's programs at KOAC-AM in Corvallis, Oregon, and was heard daily giving home economics advice to listeners.[1][9][10] She gave talks to women's groups in Oregon.[11]

In 1946 Rodenwold became editor of the Journal of Home Economics, official publication of the American Home Economics Association. In the 1950s, as an information specialist with the USDA's Bureau of Home Economics, she was based in Washington, D.C. She gave demonstrations to women's groups,[12] and appeared in educational films about food preparation.[13] In 1953 she represented the United States at the Home Economics Association meeting in Edinburgh.[1]

Publications

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  • Woman's Career Through Training in Home Economics (1927)[14][15]
  • "The Vocational Guidance Movement in Oregon" (1928)[16]
  • "Introducing Home Economics into the Orient" (1928)[17]
  • "Balanced Diet by Suggestion" (1929)[18]
  • "The Homemaker's Bookshelf" (1929)[19]
  • What can a woman do with home economics training (1930)[20]

Personal life

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Feike married Benjamin William Rodenwold in 1924. He was a professor of animal husbandry at OSU, and he died in 1943.[21] She died in 1987, at the age of 92, in Portland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Rites set for noted home economist". The Oregonian. 1987-06-17. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Visit in McRee Home". The Granite Enterprise. 1948-07-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Oregon State University, The Beaver (1919 yearbook): 93; via Oregon Digital.
  4. ^ "16 OSU Graduates of 30 Years Ago to Receive Centennial Alum Awards". Corvallis Gazette-Times. 1969-06-07. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Chi" The Lamp of Delta Zeta 23(3)(March 1934): 198.
  6. ^ "OSU sorority honors 1st alum". Corvallis Gazette-Times. 1975-05-09. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Carlson, Ted H. (1957-06-26). "26 Graduates Started Alumni Association; Now Numbers 9000". Corvallis Gazette-Times. p. 81. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Masthead, O.A.C. Alumnus (April 1926): 180.
  9. ^ Burtner, John C. (1934-09-16). "KOAC Holds Unique Place in Radio Field". The Sunday Oregonian. p. 60. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Zelta Feike Rodenwold, director of women's programs at KOAC radio, doing a broadcast" (1930), Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries, accessed December 3, 2025.
  11. ^ "Jackson County Farm Women to Get Home Hints". Medford Mail Tribune. 1931-02-04. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Beltsville Tour Means More Help for Wives". New Journal and Guide. 1954-04-24. p. 13. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Speece, Maynard A.; Skelsi, Alice F.; Gapen, Kenneth M. (1953). Program Methods: A Report on USDA's Television Research Project Under Title II Research and Marketing Act. Radio and Television Service, Office of Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  14. ^ "Illustrated Booklets". Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center, via Archives West. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  15. ^ "New Booklet Out; Mrs. Zelta Feike Rodenwold is Author of Guidance Work for Women". Corvallis Gazette-Times. 1927-12-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Rodenwold, Zelta Feike. "The Vocational Guidance Movement in Oregon" School and Society 27(June 16, 1928): 724-725.
  17. ^ Rodenwold, Zelta. "Introducing Home Economics into the Orient" Forecast (September 1928): 168, 194.
  18. ^ Rodenwold, Zelta. "Balanced Diet by Suggestion" School Feeding Management (September 1929): 8-9, 18.
  19. ^ Rodenwold, Zelta Feike. "The Homemaker's Bookshelf" The Iowa Homemaker 8(7)(January 1929): 3, 5.
  20. ^ Rodenwold, Zelta Feike (1930). What can a woman do with home economics training. Oregon state agricultural college bulletin,no. 469. August, 1930. Corvallis, Ore.: Published for the School of home economics by Oregon State agricultural college.
  21. ^ "B. W. Rodenwold of College Faculty Dies Early This Morning". Corvallis Gazette-Times. 1943-09-03. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-12-03 – via Newspapers.com.