Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915

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Fannie Farmer was born on 23 March 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was expected to go to college, but suffered a paralytic stroke at the age of 16 while attending Medford High School. For the next several years she was unable to walk and remained in her parents' care at home. During this time Farmer took up cooking, eventually developing a reputation for the quality of the meals her mother's boarding house served.

At the age of 30 she enrolled in the Boston Cooking School. In 1891, she took the position of school principal. Fannie published her best-known work, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, in 1896. Farmer died in 1915 at age 57 of complications due to a stroke.

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creatorOf Johnson, Helen Louise. [Culinary ephemera : meats and eggs]. Box 260. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Bradley, Alice, 1875-1946. Papers, 1893-1980 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Howe, Eleanor. [Culinary ephemera : flour products]. Box 9. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Macdonald Institute. Students. (1924 : Innes). Apron, cookbook and picture relating to Florence Innes Ross, who attended Macdonald Institute Jan. - March 1924. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Papers, 1893-1980 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956. Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Reading Library, 1707-1961. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
referencedIn Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat, An oral history project conducted by Judith Weinraub, 2009-2011 Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf Neil, Marion Harris. [Culinary ephemera : yeast and baking powder products]. Box 43. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Parloa, Maria, 1843-1909. [Culinary ephemera : war]. Box 340. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Wallace, Lily Haxworth. [Culinary ephemera : yeast and baking powder products]. Box 48. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf OAC Review Index. Macdonald, OAC Review, v.24, no.10, July 1912, p.599-604. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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