Gertrude Blair
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Title
Gertrude Blair
Subject
Blair, Gertrude
Pugh's Run (Va.)
Teachers-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Women-Virginia-Pugh's Run
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
1975
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Biographical Text
At the age of eighty, Gertrude Blair purchased a historic log house near Pugh’s Run and remodeled it to serve as her home.
A retired teacher and “home economist,” she graduated from Miami University in Ohio and worked as a writer, advertising executive, and author of numerous cookbooks before retiring to Shenandoah County.
A retired teacher and “home economist,” she graduated from Miami University in Ohio and worked as a writer, advertising executive, and author of numerous cookbooks before retiring to Shenandoah County.
Bibliography
"Country Kitchen," Shenandoah Valley Herald Collection, 1975, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Citation
“Gertrude Blair,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed January 12, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/12385.
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