"Making the Best Better": Home Demonstration Work on the Llano Estacado, 1914-1950

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dc.contributor.advisorMontgomery, Rebecca S.
dc.contributor.authorDeHart, Kendra K.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDenton, Patricia L.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberUtley, Dan K.
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-05T18:29:19Z
dc.date.available2013-06-05T18:29:19Z
dc.date.issued2013-08
dc.description.abstractThis research explores how early twentieth-century efforts of the USDA and the Cooperative Extension Service sought to improve the daily lives of rural women through the establishment of home demonstration programs.
dc.description.departmentHistory
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent152 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationDeHart, K. K. (2013). <i>"Making the best better": Home demonstration work on the Llano Estacado, 1914-1950</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4626
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectExtension service
dc.subjectHome demonstration work
dc.subjectRural women
dc.subject20th century history
dc.subjectRural history
dc.subject.lcshHome demonstration work--Texas--Historyen_US
dc.subject.lcshWomen--Texas--History--20th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshHome economics extension workers--Texasen_US
dc.title"Making the Best Better": Home Demonstration Work on the Llano Estacado, 1914-1950
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentHistory
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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