Growing up at the turn of the last century, Ann McCormick knew two worlds. Raised on a small Oregon farmstead with six siblings, she knew the ways of the old pioneers, but Ann was a 20th century woman and worked to educate other rural ladies, bringing them along with her into modern times. After graduating from the Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis, Ann became, in 1917, the first Extension Service Home Demonstration Agent in Southern Oregon. She organized 10 Home Economic Clubs [...]
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