The queen of American agriculture
Subtitle: a biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith
By: Frederick Whitford and Andrew G. Martin.
Contributors: Martin, Andrew G.
Series: Founders series
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9781557535122
Subjects: Meredith, Virginia Claypool, -- 1848-1936; Women in agriculture -- Indiana -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A Hoosier family's rise to prominence; title: An independent woman emerges; title: The woman farmer from Cambridge City; title: A voice for rural people; title: Empowering women through club work; title: The lady manager from Indiana at the Chicago World's Fair; title: Advancing the science of home life; title: Purdue University's first woman trustee; title: A landmark for veterans and a home for women; title: Farewell to the grand lady of agriculture.