Background
Perkins, Jane Tiffany Wagner was born on November 5, 1904 in Kalamazoo. Daughter of Arthur Bennett and Helen Nellie May (Little) Wagner.
Perkins, Jane Tiffany Wagner was born on November 5, 1904 in Kalamazoo. Daughter of Arthur Bennett and Helen Nellie May (Little) Wagner.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1927. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1932. Postgraduate, Art Institute Chicago, 1924—1925.
Postgraduate, Simmons College, Boston, 1926.
Instructor home economics, Audubon, Iowa, 1928. Field supervisor Certo Corporation, Rochester, New York, 1929. Home service director Consolidated Gas Company & affiliated companies, New York City, 1929—1932.
Director Home Service Servel Corporation, Inc., 1935—1941, Women's Service Center, Chicago Daily News, 1941. Director home economics public relations division Standard Brands, 1942. Director women's war activities.
Director That They Might Live, Now Is the Time, United Nations Series, Home is What You Make It. Director education NBC, 1942—1950. Food editor American Home Magazine, New York City, 1950.
Home service editor Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association. Accountant Carl Byoir & Associate Public Relations, 1950—1957. Private home economist La Jolla, California, since 1957.
Member of International Platform Association, United Council Church Women (radio chairman 1943-1950), Home Economists Business (chairman, New York City 1937), American Home Economics. Association, La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, Advertising Women's Club (director, New York City), Women's Press Club, Orienta Beach and Tennis Club (Mamaroneck, New York ), Zonta International Club, Pi Beta Phi.
Married Albert R. Perkins, July 12, 1944. Stepchildren: John, Nancy;children from previous marriage: Diane Tiffany, Sarah Elizabeth.