Mrs. Edna Westbrook Trigg  |
| Address | County | utm_east |
| Milam |
693435 |
| utm_zone | utm_north |
| Cameron |
14 |
3414980 |
| Latitude | Longitude | ||
| N 30.85038° | W -96.97643° |
| Location | Repair Condition |
| Courthouse | Faded; Refinish |
| Marker Text |
| (December 30, 1868 - November 15, 1946) Pioneer leader of Texas women |
| in rural club work. While serving as principal of a school near Milano, Mrs. Trigg |
| was asked by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1911 to supervise |
| Texas' first Girls' Tomato Club. Her role included organization, teaching, and |
| experimentation. In Aug. 1912, her clubs showed canned products at Milano |
| Fair-- the state's first exhibit of this kind, and a great success. In 1913-14, |
| she worked in Childress and Milam counties, holding canning schools financed |
| by local groups and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. After enactment of |
| national and state legislation (1914-1915) established the Agricultural Extension |
| Service at land grant colleges, Mrs. Trigg became (in 1916) the first county |
| home demonstration agent in Texas. Stationed in Denton, she also served on |
| staff of the College of Industrial Arts (now Texas Woman's University), |
| overseeing courses in methods for home demonstration work, assuring its |
| professionalism. edna Trigg was a native of Milam County, daughter of Ervin |
| and Rachel Walker Westbrook. She married (in 1892) Charles Letman Trigg, |
| and was mother of Charles Westbrook Trigg and Eloise Trigg (later Mrs. |
| Johnson). Mrs. Trigg is buried in I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Denton. |
