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.