Mary Lou Swander Sloup 02/23/2010
Description
Mary Lou Swander Sloup is a 1953 graduate of Oklahoma A&M College, now Oklahoma State University (OSU), with a degree in home economics. She worked as a 4-H and home demonstration agent for many years in Garfield County, Oklahoma. Sloup talks about growing up and deciding to pursue home economics as a career. She explains how she graduated and quickly went to work as a 4-H agent. She describes her various duties and discusses her switch from 4-H to home demonstration. Sloup mentions a few specific memories and how she often had to incorporate new technologies or techniques into her teaching.
| Date(s) | 02/23/2010 |
| Call Number | SOK_040 |
| Subjects | County extension agents, Women's Clubs, Family and consumer sciences Home demonstration work, Home economics--Study and teaching, Home economics extension work, 4-H clubs, Meat--Judging, Interviews |
| Interviewee(s) | Mary Lou Swander Sloup |
| Interviewer(s) | Tanya Finchum |