Jane Simpson McKimmon (November 13, 1867 – December 1, 1957) was an American author and agricultural educator, civic leader, state home demonstration agent, and director of women's institutes.

[1] In the early 1900s, McKimmon trained home demonstration agents to work with farm women.

[5] She traveled across the state of North Carolina recruiting farm girls to join tomato clubs.

[6] In 1917, she was appointed by Governor Thomas W. Bickett to help direct the food conservation program established during World War I.

During World War II, Governor J. Melville Broughton appointed her to the State Council for National Defense.