Divided Paths, Common Ground

In the early 1900s, Mary Matthews and Lella Gaddis forged trails for women at Purdue University and throughout Indiana. Mary was the first dean of the School of Home Economics. Lella was Indiana''s first state leader of Home Demonstration. In 1914, Mary hired Lella to organize Purdue''s new Home Economics Extension Service. According to those who knew them, Lella was a "sparkler" who traveled the ...