Home demonstration, created by legislative act in 1914, functioned as one division of a three-pronged extension apparatus that also included farm demonstration and 4-H. Home demonstration involved a wide range of programs for both women and girls, but participation in any program or event was voluntary; information about new ideas, successful techniques and agent reliability spread largely by word of mouth.
LA - eng M3 - Doctoral diss. N2 -Home demonstration, created by legislative act in 1914, functioned as one division of a three-pronged extension apparatus that also included farm demonstration and 4-H. Home demonstration involved a wide range of programs for both women and girls, but participation in any program or event was voluntary; information about new ideas, successful techniques and agent reliability spread largely by word of mouth.
PB - University of Florida PY - 2005 TI - Power in the land: Home Demonstration in Florida, 1915-1960 VL - Ph.D. ER -