CREES/USDA
Inductee - 2002


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Mary Cresswell
  Mary E. Cresswell, while supervisor of home economics and school garden work at Georgia State Normal School in Athens, had been made a collaborator with the Department of Agriculture in 1911 to develop girls' canning programs in Georgia. She was later appointed to a position in Washington, becoming the first woman to serve in the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work office.

Home: Georgia

Nominated by: CSREES/USDA

4-H Efforts: Mary Cresswell was the first woman to serve in the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work office. Working with state canning club agents, she expanded home canning programs to include other home arts, including work with farm youth in sewing, kitchen and other home subjects. Her efforts developed into 4-H programs for girls.

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