Vera Perkins '19
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Title
Vera Perkins '19
Description
Vera Perkins was born in Rutland, Vermont around 1892. She graduated from Rutland High School and went on to study Household Economics at Simmons, where she was a member of the Honor Board, the Student Building Endowment Fund, and the Ukulele Club, as well as President of the Vermont Club in her senior year. Though no evidence of Perkins’s suffrage views remains, her role as Public Health Chair of the Civics Club in 1919 suggests that she may have shared the pro-suffrage sentiments of her fellow members, including Gertrude Barish.
After graduating in 1919, Perkins returned to Vermont to teach high school Home Economics, first in Townshend and later in Swanton and Rutland. In 1922, the extension service of the University of Vermont appointed Perkins the home demonstration agent for Addison County, and she traveled through the area giving demonstrations of cooking, dressmaking, and other household activities at women’s club meetings.
In addition to her teaching work, Perkins was an active clubwoman for most of her life. In 1920, she performed hostess duties at a meeting of a local Hadassah League, and she later became involved in Vermont’s Green Mountain Club, coordinating outings and camping trips for her chapter and holding fundraisers at her home. In 1948, Perkins and several of her fellow members established a newsletter for the club’s Killington chapter, and Perkins served as one of the publication’s early editors and publishers. She was elected President of the Killington chapter in 1955, and remained a regular contributor to the newsletter until the late 1970s.
After graduating in 1919, Perkins returned to Vermont to teach high school Home Economics, first in Townshend and later in Swanton and Rutland. In 1922, the extension service of the University of Vermont appointed Perkins the home demonstration agent for Addison County, and she traveled through the area giving demonstrations of cooking, dressmaking, and other household activities at women’s club meetings.
In addition to her teaching work, Perkins was an active clubwoman for most of her life. In 1920, she performed hostess duties at a meeting of a local Hadassah League, and she later became involved in Vermont’s Green Mountain Club, coordinating outings and camping trips for her chapter and holding fundraisers at her home. In 1948, Perkins and several of her fellow members established a newsletter for the club’s Killington chapter, and Perkins served as one of the publication’s early editors and publishers. She was elected President of the Killington chapter in 1955, and remained a regular contributor to the newsletter until the late 1970s.
Creator
The Microcosm
Source
Simmons University Archives
Date
1919
Citation
The Microcosm, “Vera Perkins '19,” Suffrage at Simmons, accessed April 25, 2024, https://beatleyweb.simmons.edu/suffrage/items/show/76.