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Cookbooks published to benefit a charitable cause have been with us since the Civil War, They are today ubiquitous and very popular. In the period covered by this project, more than 3000 such books are known. In addition to their intrinsic interest, they often represent regional, ethnic and other genres. They are a much under-utilized source of information because the earliest ones are very hard to find, ranging, often, from scarce to rare. See especially the Presbyterian Cook Book, the Woman Suffrage Cook Book, Favorite Dishes, the Settlement Cook Book, the Washington Women's Cook Book, and the Neighborhood Cook Book.
Among the most important considerations to be investigated via the charity cookbooks is the involvement of women in the greater community. Most of the charity cookbooks of the period under discussion were church-related. However, to see the variety of causes for which these books were published will give an idea of what social and political issues concerned American women: suffrage, temperance, missionary work, libraries, business and professional organizations, education, welfare, patriotism, granges, hospitals, immigration, and veterans, among others.
Titles Available:
- First Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio. Presbyterian Cook
Book, Compiled By The Ladies Of The First Presbyterian Church, Dayton,
Ohio., Dayton, Ohio: Oliver
Crook, c1873.
- Allen, Ann The Housekeeper's Assistant, Composed Upon Temperance
Principles: With Instructions In The Art of Making Plain And Fancy Cakes,
Puddings,
Pastry, Confectionery, Ice Creams, Jellies, Blanc Mange: Also, For The
Cooking Of
All The Various Kinds of Meats…, Boston, J. Munroe, 1845.
- Kander, Simon, Mrs. The Settlement Cook Book: Containing
Many Recipes Used In Settlement Cooking Classes, The Milwaukee Public
School Cooking Centers
And Gathered From Various Other Reliable Sources / Compiled By Mrs. Simon
Kander., Milwaukee: [s.n.], 1901.
- Burr, Mrs. Hattie A. The Woman Suffrage Cook Book: Containing
Thoroughly Tested and Reliable Recipes for Cooking, Directions for the
Care of the Sick,
and Practical Suggestions., Boston: Mrs. Hattie A. Burr, c1886
- Jennings, Linda Deziah. Washington Women's Cook Book., Seattle: The Washington
Equal Suffrage Association, 1909.