Paula (Richardson) Reedy

Ancestors

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Paula (Richardson) Reedy lived in Louisiana.

Biography

She grew up with her father JA Richardson, mother Susie and brother Boone at Sunny Hill, Louisiana.^[1]

She attended Louisiana State University, where she majored in Home Economics. She was active in school organizations:

• Treasurer, and later president, of Phi Upsilon Omicron, the Home Economics Fraternity.
• “Reporter” of the Ag Fair Association, which included all students who belong to College of Agriculture organizations.
• Member of Eta Sigma Phi, the classical fraternity “to encourage classical scholarship and to enhance the appreciation of Greek and Roman culture”
• Member of Iota Sigma Pi, "honorary professional chemistry fraternity for women requiring a 2.0 average in 18 hours of chemistry and a 1.5 overall average." ^[2]

Research

Other areas to mention?

• at some point maybe scan those LSU pics and match with yearbook? Would be fun to find her friends
• where did she get her master's degree?
• PhD work at Auburn
• travel - trip to Europe in 1958
• photography
• life in Colorado

• 1940: Sunny Hill, Louisiana. ^[1]
• 1951. "The Gumbo"^[2]
• Find A Grave Memorial #29835639

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Year: 1940; Census Place: Washington, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1463; Page: 15B; Description Enumeration District : 59-27; Description: POLICE JURY WARD 9 Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "The Gumbo," 1951. Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.