Margaret M. Justin

Background

Justin, Margaret M. was born on June 15, 1889 in Agra, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Frank Miner and Jennie (Hillyer) Justin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1909. Master of Science, Columbia, 1915. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1923.

Unmarried.

Settlement worker, Bennett Academy, Mathiston, Mississippi, 1910-1914. Home economics specialist, Michigan, 1915. Leader of home demonstration agents, Northern Peninsula, Michigan, 1916-1918.

In Young Men's Christian Association canteen service overseas, 1918-1919.

Dean school of home economics, Kansas State College, 1923-1954, dean emeritus. Consultant in administrative home economics, Holland, (Fulbright appointment ), 1953-1954.

Career

Dean school of home economics, Kansas

Achievements

• Margaret M. Justin has been listed as a noteworthy home economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Home Economics Association (past president), American Association of University Women, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Iota Sigma Phi, Omicron Nu (ex-president), Phi Upsilon Omicron.

Connections

Father:

Frank Miner Justin

Mother:

Jennie (Hillyer) Justin