Student projects and course information from WGS 301/HTY 398: Food, Femininity, and Feminism in American Culture from Amelia Simmons to Martha Stewart by Rachel A. Snell, Ph.D. at the University of Maine in 2017.
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Mildred (Brown) and William Schrumpf Collection

Papers of newspaper columnist and gastronomic guru in the Bangor area. Includes columns, cookbooks, recipes, notebooks, menus, and correspondence.…
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The Female Identity in Maine Food, Sierra Crosby

A geographic analysis of community cookbooks published throughout Maine to explore the regional variance in the identification of “Maine” food…
Food, Femininity, and Feminism in American Culture from Amelia Simmons to Martha Stewart

This course considers the ways in which the production and consumption of food fundamentally shaped concepts of femininity and feminism in American…
The Home Front Struggle for Democracy: Rationing and the War Effort, Abigail Belisle Haley

Analysis of 1940s cookbooks to better understand housework and cookery as patriotic service.
Mildred (Brown) and William Schrumpf Collection

Papers of newspaper columnist and gastronomic guru in the Bangor area. Includes columns, cookbooks, recipes, notebooks, menus, and correspondence.…