Grace Durand

Grace Garrett Durand (August 25, 1867 – February 26, 1948) was an American clubwoman, business owner, and temperance activist.

[2] In 1904 Grace Durand began running a model dairy, Crab Tree Farm, in Lake Forest, Illinois, to sell good quality local milk to Chicagoans,[3] and to support her other projects, such as a kindergarten for children in Chicago's tenements.

[6] In 1915, her herd of Guernsey cows was destroyed by government officials because they were suspected of carrying foot and mouth disease.

[9] She lectured at farmers' institutes across the American midwest on her methods and experiences in dairy work, and patented a design for milk jugs.

[1] Their son Jackson G. "Jack" Durand was convicted of robbing the home of F. Edson White in 1926, and served a prison sentence.