Head and shoulders image of Alice Stevens, Department of Women's Work.

Bio/Historical Note: Alice Stevens was born in Hamiota, Manitoba, and completed her high schooling there. She graduated with a BSc in home economics from the Manitoba Agricultural College at the University of Manitoba. On graduation, she taught home economics in Guelph Collegiate Vocational institute (Ontario) and in Vernon, British Columbia. During World War II Stevens gave up teaching and writing to become home economist and laboratory technician of a food processing plant in Vernon, preparing dehydrated foods for overseas shipment. In August 1947 Stevens joined the Department of Women’s Work of the University of Saskatchewan as assistant director. She became Director of Women's Work in 1949. Stevens died in 1952 after a long illness.