Dates

• Existence: 1910 - 2008

Biography

Home economics professor Esther Everett was born in 1910 to Lawrence and Mildred Fox Everett of Lacey, Iowa. Raised on her family farm, she graduated from Lacey Consolidated School in 1928. As a teenager she was active in 4-H clubs, and represented Iowa at the second national 4-H camp in Washington D.C. in 1928. Everett attended Iowa State College where she was a member of the Alpha Epsilon chapter of the Sigma Kappa sorority. Following graduation, she taught at Guernsey High School, before becoming a Home Demonstration Agent, and a 4-H Specialist in Home Management. Everett earned her master's degree in Home Economics from Michigan State College (later Michigan State University), where she taught for three decades. She retired at the age of 64, returning to Iowa to care for her mother on the family farm. Everett was active in many clubs and traveled widely, visiting much of northern Europe as well as Japan and Hong Kong. Following retirement she developed an interest in crafting primitive pioneer corn husk dolls and chairs, which she demonstrated often at Living History Farms, Hooverfest, and at the Iowa State Fair. Everett died at the age of 97 in 2008.

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