Gertrude L. Warren

Gertrude L. Warren was born on a farm near Lockport, New York. She studied at Columbia University, from which she received bachelor's and master's degrees in home economics. ==Career==

Warren taught home economics at Columbia until 1917, at which time she moved to Washington, D.C. to join the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a senior scientist. She was placed in charge of the home-making element of a network of boys' and girls' clubs, Warren was instrumental in establishing the National 4-H Foundation (now the National 4-H Council) and the National 4-H Center in Washington. and "the guardian angel of 4-H." Outside of government, Gertrude L. Warren was president of the Woman's National Farm & Garden Association from 1952 to 1954. ==Later life and death==

Gertrude L. Warren died of cardiac arrest on 6 September 1979 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington. ==Legacy and recognition==

For her work in establishing 4-H Clubs in Latvia, Gertrude Warren (along with Ray A. Turner and C. B. Smith) was awarded the Order of the Three Stars, that country's highest civil order. At the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland, the headquarters building was named Warren Hall in her honor. ==Selected publications==

• Department Circular 66 • Extension Service Circular 241 • Miscellaneous Publication No. 320 • AIB 58 • PA-214 == References ==