Cindy Gantt with Archie Gilyard, circa 1969Clemson University LibrariesLeft to right: Archie Gilyard, Lucinda "Cindy" Gantt, TeCora Riley at the Hill Home. The Gantts stayed with the Gilyards after they married.
Home Demonstration, 1953 AugustClemson University LibrariesThe US Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service included Home Demonstration Clubs to educate rural women on home economics. South Carolina's Cooperative Extension Service required segregated clubs taught but not enough black women agents were hired to cover all counties and their pay was considerably less than white home agents.
Home Demonstration, 1954Clemson University LibrariesThe US Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service included Home Demonstration Clubs to educate rural women on home economics. South Carolina's Cooperative Extension Service required segregated clubs taught but not enough black women agents were hired to cover all counties and their pay was considerably less than white home agents.
Canning demonstration at African American homeClemson University LibrariesThe US Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service included Home Demonstration Clubs to educate rural women on home economics. South Carolina's Cooperative Extension Service required segregated clubs taught but not enough black women agents were hired to cover all counties and their pay was considerably less than white home agents.