Beginning in the 1910s, County Home Demonstration Agents traveled throughout rural New Mexico to teach rural nuevomexicanas “modern” methods of preserving food (canning rather than drying), practicing hygeine, and rearing children. New Deal Agencies like the WPA provided new funds for County Home Demonstration Agents in the 1930s. None of the agents were Spanish speakers until Fabiola Cabeza de Baca joined the extension agency in 1929.
County Home Demonstration Agents
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