norgeway
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Did anyone ever know or have any interaction with any of the appliance companies home economists such as Julia Kiene,Camielle Beauchamp, Ethel Allison,or any others such as Virginia Francis???
We all know of Betty Furness...BUT..
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danemodsandy
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Ethel Allison:
Was actually Daisy Dormeyer, wife of Dormeyer's president. The "Ethel Allison" name was made-up, and Dormeyer employees were the ones who did all the work credited to Ethel. Daisy was the one whose photographs were used.
I have never heard of "Camille Beauchamp," but I suspect she's a fiction too. That name is one used in 1942's Now, Voyager, when Bette Davis's character is traveling under an assumed name on a cruise ship. Bette plays Charlotte Vale, but travels under the name Camille Beauchamp. I'm betting someone had a little fun using the name for a home economist position.
Was actually Daisy Dormeyer, wife of Dormeyer's president. The "Ethel Allison" name was made-up, and Dormeyer employees were the ones who did all the work credited to Ethel. Daisy was the one whose photographs were used.
I have never heard of "Camille Beauchamp," but I suspect she's a fiction too. That name is one used in 1942's Now, Voyager, when Bette Davis's character is traveling under an assumed name on a cruise ship. Bette plays Charlotte Vale, but travels under the name Camille Beauchamp. I'm betting someone had a little fun using the name for a home economist position.
My 8th grade home room teacher was my friend from 1963 until she died in 1992. She was chairman of the Home Economics Department in my high school and a blessing sent into my life since she, as a department chairperson, was not supposed to have a home room. We were her first and her last. At Christmas, the parties were held in the homerooms and, boy, did we have great treats that year. Her husband worked for Georgia Power Co. She knew Fern Snyder, who was Ga. Power's Chief Home Economist and also knew Julia Kiene the Head Home Economist from Westinghouse. I discovered Julia Kiene and Fern Snyder from pictures in the old appliance trade magazines here so I asked my teacher if she knew them and she did. There were neat pictures like in the 1942 issue where the home economists from Westinghouse were baking and packing cookies for the Westinghouse workers who were in the armed forces. They even gave recipes that were full of things like chopped dates and the like so I guess they had some very regular former Westinghouse employees in the service. The dates, figs and other fruits were probably to give sweetness to the cookies since sugar was rationed. There were lots of recipes in those years featuring honey as the main sweetener.
My mom told me that when she graduated from the University of Minnesota with her Home Ec. degree in 1942, that places like Pillsbury were not paying that well so she managed a section of the cafeteria during the graveyard shift in a huge defense plant outside of Minneapolis until a teaching position opened at her old high school in Hibbing. Women, even those with college degrees, worked very hard for not much money.
My mom told me that when she graduated from the University of Minnesota with her Home Ec. degree in 1942, that places like Pillsbury were not paying that well so she managed a section of the cafeteria during the graveyard shift in a huge defense plant outside of Minneapolis until a teaching position opened at her old high school in Hibbing. Women, even those with college degrees, worked very hard for not much money.
I wonder if there was really a person named Jean Shaw who signed all of those user manuals for Kenmore appliances or if she was a made-up character.
Ethel was a fake? I'm devastated.... I don't know why but I always had a sneaky feeling that Ms. Allison was not a home economist - I thought they used a photo of the coffee cart person from the Dormeyer factory.... LOL
arbilab
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Betty Crocker is not who you think she is. If you think she is who you're supposed to think she is, she is nobody at all.
Neither is the Green Giant. But Clarence Birdseye is. So was Doctor Pepper at one time, lefthandedly. Mercedes was the daughter of Benz's top salesman.
And before he died of cancer, the Marlboro Man was gay.
Neither is the Green Giant. But Clarence Birdseye is. So was Doctor Pepper at one time, lefthandedly. Mercedes was the daughter of Benz's top salesman.
And before he died of cancer, the Marlboro Man was gay.
norgeway
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Camielle Beauchamp
Was Westinghouses home economist after Julia Kiene, Pearl Grey was before Julia...
Was Westinghouses home economist after Julia Kiene, Pearl Grey was before Julia...
Pearl Grey is a wall color and a good stage name for a female impersonator.
mrb627
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Neither is the Green Giant
What? You mean I have been living a lie? Damnit!
Wait... who was that man in my freezer?
Malcolm
What? You mean I have been living a lie? Damnit!
Wait... who was that man in my freezer?
Malcolm
perc-o-prince
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a good stage name for a female impersonator
As is Hedda Lettus, in keeping with the food/home-ec theme of the thread.
Chuck
As is Hedda Lettus, in keeping with the food/home-ec theme of the thread.
Chuck
polkanut
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The original Marlboro Man died this past week. He was 85.
Juanita Banana
One of my friends made Brini's meatloaf ala Janet Leigh. He cut up his finger trying to make frosting with an immersion blender!!!!!!!!!!! (trying to get the butter out, oops). Incidentally/ironically his drag name is.... Frosting (first pet, killed by his mother on the way to see Pippi Longstocking).
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