5.1 Current: Early years
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Ruth Current was born in 1901 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She went to several colleges and got a good education.
Her first job was at the Methodist Orphanage where she made sure the meals were healthy for the children who lived there.
Contents
- 1 Getting started
- 2 Movie
- 3 Monument activity: Jane McKimmon
- 4 Monument activity: Josephus Daniels
- 5 Monument activity: Ruth Current
- 5.1Current: Early years
- 5.2Current: Home economics
- 5.3Current: Home demonstration agent
- 5.4Current: North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
- 5.5Current: Woman of the Year
- 5.6Current: Hall of Fame
- 5.7Current: Helping farm families
- 6 Monument activity: Lera Harrill
- 7 Monument activity: William Scott
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