Montgomery, Rebecca S.DeHart, Kendra K.2013-06-052013-06-052013-08DeHart, K. K. (2013). <i>"Making the best better": Home demonstration work on the Llano Estacado, 1914-1950</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/4626This research explores how early twentieth-century efforts of the USDA and the Cooperative Extension Service sought to improve the daily lives of rural women through the establishment of home demonstration programs.Text152 pages1 file (.pdf)enExtension serviceHome demonstration workRural women20th century historyRural historyHome demonstration work--Texas--HistoryWomen--Texas--History--20th centuryHome economics extension workers--TexasThesis