Effie Brown Earll Slingerland Yantis

Effie Brown Earll Slingerland Yantis (June 28, 1869 – April 17, 1950) was an American illustrator, colorist, lecturer, social worker, and politician. Between 1922 and 1926, she was also a member of the New Hampshire Legislature.

Early life and education Born in 1869 to John Murray and Julia Earll, Effie Yantis grew up in Skaneateles, New York. In 1889, at the age of 20, Yantis was admitted to Cornell University, a rarity for women in the late 19th century. Yantis participated in a number of clubs, including the Ithaca Woman's Club, the Campus Club of Cornell University, and the Cornell Woman's Club. Yantis also helped start the Home Economics program at Cornell with Professor Anna Botsford Comstock by persuading then-President Jacob Gould Schurman to consent to a trial course. At Cornell, Yantis met her first husband, Mark Vernon Slingerland, then an instructor of entomology who was also a cousin of Anna Comstock. She graduated from Cornell University in 1893.

Early career, marriages and club memberships In 1904, Yantis began producing lantern slides for nature studies. In her second term, Yantis was appointed to the Labor and Agricultural College Committees. She supported the ratification of the Child Labor Amendment and the Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Law.