The Proof is in the Dough: Rural Southern Women, Extension, and Making Money
About the Program
"The Proof is in the Dough: Rural Southern Women, Extension, and Making Money" examines how rural white and African American women in Alabama and Florida used the Cooperative Extension Service’s home demonstration programming between 1914 and 1929 as a means to earn extra income. Kathryn L. Beasley explores an area of rural women’s history that has not been closely examined—that is, how rural American women involved with home demonstration used the skills they learned as a way to better themselves economically.
About the Presenter
Kathryn L. Beasley received her PhD in history from Florida State University. She grew up with a close association with the Cooperative Extension Service, which sparked her interest in agricultural and rural history. She is a recipient of the Southern Association for Women Historians’ A. Elizabeth Taylor Prize for the best article in the field of southern women’s history. Her writing has also appeared in The Alabama Review, Florida Historical Quarterly, the Journal of the NACAA, Peanut Science, and the White House Quarterly.
Programs
ELBA • Thursday, September 25 • 4 PM • Elba Public Library, 406 Simmons Street
ANNISTON • Tuesday, September 30 • 2 PM • Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County Library, 108 East 10th Street
OPELIKA • Saturday, October 18 • 10 AM • Opelika Public Library, 1100 Glenn Street
TALLADEGA • Thursday, October 23 • 1 PM • Talladega County Extension, 132 North Court Street
Draughon Seminars in State and Local History
Draughon Seminars in State and Local History are a series of lectures sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University. The series is funded by the Kelly Mosley Endowment in honor of Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, president of Auburn University from 1947 to 1965. Draughon was a historian with a deep commitment to both state history and public education.