Woman's National Farm & Garden Association
| Abbreviation | WNF&GA |
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| Formation | 1914 |
| Founder | Louisa Boyd Yeomans King |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
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Region
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East North Central States, Northeastern United States |
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President
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Rita Urbanski |
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Main organ
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Farm & Garden |
| Website | www.wnfga.org |
The Woman's National Farm & Garden Association (WNF&GA) is an American non-profit organization dedicated to promoting agriculture and horticulture. Membership is open to men and women; chapters are active in the Northeastern United States and the East North Central States.
The WNF&GA was founded in 1914, as the Women's National Agricultural and Horticultural Association, "to promote agricultural and horticultural interests among women, and to further such interests throughout the country." In 1916, the name was changed to Woman's National Farm & Garden Association, using the singular form to reflect the importance of the individual, as well as to accommodate the name of a similar organization in England. The founders included Jane Bowne Haines, Louisa King, Elizabeth Price Martin, Elizabeth Leighton Lee, and Hilda Loines. King served as its first president from 1914 to 1921.
During World War I, with Loines as a key organizer, WNF&GA joined other groups in organizing the Woman's Land Army of America: women agricultural volunteers replaced men called into military service. The temporary workers were known as "farmerettes."
In 1940, the organization opened a shop in 30 Rockefeller Plaza, offering for sale items supplied by members: produce, preserves, crafts, needlework, and items for children. At their peak in the 1940s, there were nine Farm and Garden Shops, with four more locations in New York State, as well as shops in Boston; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Gary, Indiana; and Ann Arbor, Michigan. The retail program was still active in 1960, but had ended by 1984.
The Sarah Bradley Tyson Memorial Fellowship, named in honor of the organization's second president, was established in 1928. It was the organization's first memorial scholarship program. A fellowship named for Grace E. Frysinger was first awarded in 1957 by WNF&GA and the Associated Country Women of the World to support "furthering international understanding and goodwill" among their memberships.
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