Presented By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender
"The Old Girl Network": Charity Cookbooks and the Empowerment of Women
Janice Longone, University of Michigan Clements Library
Published by women in nonprofit groups across the country, "charity cookbooks" have been produced since the 1860s, benefiting churches, schools, sororities, the homeless, and others in need. Janice Longone is the curator of American Culinary History at the University of Michigan Clements Library. In this talk, she'll explore the roles that charity cookbooks played (and continue to play) in women's empowerment.