5.5 Current: Woman of the Year
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Ruth Current is the woman wearing a white hat. Provided by the Green ‘N’ Growing Collection (The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina), Special Collections, North Carolina State University Libraries. About the photograph
In 1947 Miss Current was named “Woman of the Year” by the Progressive Farmer magazine.
In 1950 she was chosen as “Carolina’s Farm Leader.”
In 1954 she received the Superior Service Award from the United States Department of Agriculture.
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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By Kim Collazo.
Provided by North Carolina State University / D.H. Hill Library and Special Collections.
