Edna P. Amidon

Edna P. Amidon
A smiling white woman with greying hair dressed back from her face, wearing glasses
Edna P. Amidon, from a 1938 publication of the US Department of the Interior
Born
Edna Phyllis Amidon

1895
Houston, Minnesota
Died1982
Eugene, Oregon
Occupation(s)Educator, federal official

Edna Phyllis Amidon (October 27, 1895 – October 4, 1982) was an American educator and federal official. She was chief of the Home Economics Education Service of the United States Office of Education from 1938 to 1964. In 1945, she helped found the Future Homemakers of America.