Meta Given

Meta Hortense Given
Born(1888-01-25)January 25, 1888
Missouri
DiedNovember 17, 1981(1981-11-17) (aged 93)
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
University of Central Missouri
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Meta Hortense Given (January 25, 1888 – November 17, 1981)[1] was an American entrepreneur, nutritionist, home economist, photographer and best-selling cookbook author.[2]

Given grew up working on her family's farm in Missouri.[3] There, little variety in foodstuffs were available, and after studying nutrition as an undergraduate at the University of Missouri and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and she also did undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Chicago,[4] Given grew interested in devising recipes that maximized the culinary and gustatory value of farm staples but minimized the cost to the consumer.[2]

  1. ^ "Meta Given," Ancient Faces, Internet website [1], accessed August 1, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Mondou, Danette Bishop (August 2, 2018). My Time with Meta Given Biography: Herstory Author, Journalist, Editor, Home Economist, Photographer, Consultant, Syndicated Columnist, Teacher, Scientist (Volume 1) 1st Edition. Danette B Mondou. ISBN 978-1732587618.
  3. ^ Rest, Elvira. "Introduction." The Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking, 2 vols, by Meta Given. Chicago: J. G. Ferguson and Son, 1947, xi–xiii.
  4. ^ "Meta Given's Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking." Library Thing, Internet website [2], accessed August 1, 2014.