Interview with Margie B. Brookshire, June 14, 1985

Project: University of Kentucky: Extension Service Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Margie Brookshire was born in Hardyville in Hart County, Kentucky in 1922. She attended Western Kentucky State Teacher's College (now Western Kentucky University) and majored in home economics. Brookshire's mother was a member of the Homemakers Club, and she describes growing up around the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. She states that she was interested in 4-H very early in her life and has stayed active with the organization. Brookshire also discusses changes programs such as 4-H camps and the Homemakers program over time.

Brookshire has participated in all levels and areas of agriculture. She has served on county, area, and state decision councils, and has worked with home economics, agriculture, 4-H, and development. Brookshire has also been involved with the Community Pride project as well as serving on the extension council and agriculture advisory committee. Brookshire discusses her most satisfying and dissatisfying experiences. She talks about the large number of awards and recognitions she has received and is very humble about all of them. Brookshire was the first woman to win the L.P. Guess Award, the Thomas Poe Cooper Award, and numerous other awards in 4-H and agriculture.

Interview Accession

1985oh153_af259

Interviewee Name

Margie B. Brookshire

Interviewer Name

Mike Duff

Interview Date

1985-06-14

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Brookshire, Margie B. Interview by Mike Duff. 14 Jun. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Brookshire, M.B. (1985, June 14). Interview by M. Duff. University of Kentucky: Extension Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Brookshire, Margie B., interview by Mike Duff. June 14, 1985, University of Kentucky: Extension Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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