Author of the Cookbook that Changed the World: Fannie Farmer - Freedom's Way NHA Heritage Stories

Fannie Farmer (1857-1915) earned the moniker "Mother of Level Measurements" for writing The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896), the first cookbook to use standardized measurements in recipes. Fannie attended high school in Medford, Massachusetts, one of forty-five communities in the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area. Hear Fannie's story in this episode of Heritage Stories: Visionaries & Experimenters by watching the video below.

Heritage Stories is an exciting multi-year project of the Freedom’s Way Heritage National Heritage Area that uses state-of-the-art media to share the stories of the visionaries and experimenters that lived within its boundaries with the widest possible audience. During 2020, Freedom's Way is commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Women's Right to Vote through a year-long thematic focus on the people, places and objects from throughout the Heritage Area that are associated with stories of the 19th Amendment, civics, and women’s history.

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area is one of 55 National Heritage Areas in the United States. We work in partnership with the National Park Service and hundreds of community partner organizations to preserve and promote the regional identity of 45 communities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Learn more about our work at FreedomsWay.org

Freedom's Way wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their support and participation in this production:
Research and Script - Linda Bowie, Freedom's Way
Recording Engineer & Sound Editor - Dan Thibeault, Fast Twitch Media
Narrator - Candy O'Terry
Graphic Design - Richard Gioiosa, Gioiosa Design
Editor - Patrice Todisco, Freedom's Way
Post-Production & Technical Support - Desiree Demski-Hamelin, Freedom's Way
Producer - Patrice Todisco

Images provided courtesy of the Simmons University Archives, Digital Commonwealth, and Wikimedia Commons.

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