Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Farm and Family
• 1. A Hoosier Family's Rise to Prominence
• 2. An Independent Woman Emerges
• 3. The Woman Farmer from Cambridge City
• 4. A Voice for Rural People
• Community and Service
• 5. Empowering Women Through Club Work
• 6. The Lady Manager from Indiana at the Chicago World's Fair
• Educator and Advocate
• 7. Advancing the Science of Home Life
• 8. Purdue University's First Woman Trustee
• 9. A Landmark for Veterans and a Home for Women
• 10. Farewell to the Grand Lady of Agriculture
• Epilogue
• Appendix 1: Complete Text of "Farm Life: Its Privileges and Possibilities"
• Appendix 2: Complete Text of "Why Short-horns Are the Best Cattle for Indiana Farms"
• Appendix 3: Complete Text of "The Relation of Women to the Columbian Exposition"
• Appendix 4: Complete Text of "The Need of Special Training for Agricultural Pursuits"
• Appendix 5: Complete Text of "Roads of Remembrance"
• Appendix 6: Obituary of Virginia C. Meredith, Lafayette (Ind.) Journal and Courier
• Appendix 7: Complete Text of "Mrs. Virginia Meredith," Lafayette (Ind.) Journal and Courier
• Notes
• Sources
• Index

About the Author

Frederick Whitford is the coordinator of Purdue Pesticide Programs of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service.

Andrew Martin is a training specialist with the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, where he manages Indiana's commercial pesticide applicator training program.

Phyllis Mattheis is a local historian from Wayne County, Indiana.