Changing Styles in Home Demonstration Work

Gladys Gallup and Mildred Omler

No 410345, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Contents:] Part I: 1910-1917 Period (The Farm Home of 1910 – Communication – The Extension Program) --- The 1917-1918 – World War I --- The 1920’s – The Depression – 1929-40 – World War II – 1941-1946 – Postwar 1946-50 – Today – 1950-55) --- The Home of Today and the Changing Extension Program --- The Extension Program of Today --- Tomorrow --- Part II: Some Causes for the Great Changes in the Farm Home Between 1910-55 (There Has Been a Great Increase in Population and a Change in Distribution of Population - There Has Been a Shift from Farm to Urban Population – Age Groups of Farm Women [Those 60 Years of Age and Over – Younger Farm Women--20 to 29 Years of Age] – Formal Schooling of Farm Women – Improvements in Farm Operator Homes – Transportation – Communication – Farm Households with Newspapers and Magazines) --- Part III: Changes in Home Demonstration Agent’s Work (Home Demonstration Agents, 1915-54 – Families Assisted Through Home Demonstration Programs – Subject Matter Taught in 1925 Contrasted with 1954 – Changes in Emphasis in Extension Teaching Methods Used by Home Demonstration Agents – Total Homemakers Assisted) --- Summary.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 1956
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.410345

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