North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Organized home demonstration work among rural women in North Carolina started when I. O. Schaub, director of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, appointed Jane S. McKimmon State Home Demonstration Agent in 1911.
A pioneer in home demonstration work, McKimmon headed the program until 1937. Ruth Current succeeded her and directed the program for three decades afterward. In 1958, Current was named assistant director of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service in charge of home economics programs. Both women achieved national recognition for their work.
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