A Woman's Place: The Inventors, Rumrunners, Lawbreakers, Scientists, and Single Moms Who Changed the World with Food

Synopsis

Discover The Hidden Figures Of Food, The Women Who Changed The Way We Eat. From Julia Child To The Inventor Of The Dishwasher To The Suffragette Who Published Cookbooks To Finance Their Fight For Justice, These Trailblazers Used The Power Of Food To Break Barriers And Change The World. Includes 10 Recipes. Catherine De' Medici -- Lena Richard -- Eugénie (la Mère) Brazier -- Encarnación Pinedo -- Esther Eng -- Vertamae Smart-grosvenor -- Edna Lewis -- Ema Meyer -- Eva Ekeblad -- Malinda Russell -- Women Of Chinese-american Food -- Christeta Comerford -- Marie Harel -- Julia Child -- Marjorie Husted And Betty Crocker -- M.f.k. Fisher -- Madhur Jaffrey -- Women Of Protest -- Georgia Gilmore -- The Haenyeo -- Women In Convents -- Hattie Burr And The Suffragettes -- Mary Seacole -- Lady Eve Balfour -- Beatrice De Luna -- School Lunch Leaders -- Ruth Fertel -- Leah Chase -- Women Of Whiskey -- Women In Media -- Nitza Villapol -- Sarah Joseph Hale -- Women Of Tea -- Women Of Prohibition -- Girl Scouts Of America -- Madame Barbe-nicole Clicquot -- Women Of Beer -- Women Of Ice Cream -- Women Of Coffee -- Clara Steele -- Women Behind Your Favorite Foods -- Josphine Cochrane -- Amanda Jones -- Women Of Cooking Schools -- Sister Mary Of Jesus De Ágreda And The San Antonio Chili Queens. Deepi Ahluwalia & Stef Ferrari ; Illustrated By Jessica Olah. Includes Bibliographical References (page 187) And Index.