Florence Jodzies (1887-1969)

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Here in 1934, at her home Harmony Farm, Florence Jodzies founded the Vale Home Demonstration Club, affiliated with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service. An excellent speaker and writer, Jodzies campaigned for better living conditions in rural communities, including the need for improved roads, indoor plumbing, and access to recreational facilities. In 1936, as State Library Chairman of the Virginia Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs, she developed the Federation's library project to bring books, magazines, and literature to rural Virginians. Designed to "bring improvement of mind and refreshment of soul" to members and their communities, by 1938 the project was adopted by clubs throughout Virginia.

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Fairfax County Deed Book T-13 page 161; Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Seventy-Fourth Congress, Second Session on S. 2664, March 3, 1936, p. 13 (RE: Third Triennial Meeting of the Associated Country Women of the World); Jodzies, Florence. Library Service for Rural Virginia. The Southern Planter, Vol. 99, no. 12, December, 1938, pp. 26, 27; Licensed To Marry. The Washington Post, July 17, 1920; Fairfax 4-H and Home Demonstration Clubs to Celebrate Anniversary of Extension Acts, The Washington Post, May 15, 1939, p. 3.; Home Demonstration, Fairfax Herald, October 5, 1934, p. 1; Winning Story, Fairfax Herald, July 26, 1935, p. 3; Our New Assistant, Herndon News Observer, August 15, 1935, p. 4; Wins Prize in Federal Housing Contest, Herndon News Observer, October 17, 1935, p. 1; Achievement Day for Home Demonstration Clubs to be Held Saturday October 19; Fairfax Herald, August 23, 1935, p.6; Wins Prize, Fairfax Herald, May 29, 1936; Untitled, Fairfax Herald, August 7, 1936, p. 1; Rural Home Campaign to Start March 1 Under Direction of Advisory Council; Fairfax Herald, February 19, 1937, p. 1; Attended Conventions, Fairfax Herald, April 9, 1937, p. 1; Fairfax County Citizens Urged to Co-Operate in Road Beautification, Herndon News Observer, April 22, 1937, p. 1; Untitled, Herndon News Observer, May 13, 1937 p. 4; Appointed Delegate, Fairfax Herald, May 21, 1937, p. 4; H. D. Library Meeting, Fairfax Herald, July 16, 1937, p. 4; Mrs. Jodzies to Speak, Fairfax Herald, March 11, 1938, p. 1; District Meeting, Fairfax Herald, April 1, 1938, p. 1; To Represent State, Fairfax Herald, May 13, 1938, p. 1; Our Inspiration, Vale Club scrapbook, entry written circa 1950; Vale History: From Money’s Corner through Difficult, A Fox Mill Communities Neighborhood History; The Fox Mill Communities Preservation Association History Committee, Joy S. Starr, Chairman and Editor, 1991. (Filed in Virginia Room, City of Fairfax Regional Library, MSS 06-18 Series A Box 1 File 3); Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, familysearch.org, reference number v 213 cn 91; U.S. Social Security Death Index. familysearch.org (Florence Jodzies).