Kate Brew Vaughn
Kate Brew Vaughn and her children, December 1915 (l. to r.: Edwin, Martha, Katherine, William, and Preston.)
Kate Brew Vaughn and her children, December 1915 (l. to r.: Edwin, Martha, Katherine, William, and Preston.)
BornKatherine Margaret Brew
(1873-10-22)October 22, 1873
Hendersonville, Tennessee
DiedMay 20, 1933(1933-05-20) (aged 59)
Los Angeles, California
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Occupationauthor, lecturer, home economics teacher, newspaper writer, and radio host
EducationPeabody College, Nashville
Subjectcooking
Notable worksCulinary Echoes from Dixie and My Best Recipes
SpouseWilliam Weaver Vaughn (1863–1932)
ChildrenMartha "Marte/Sis" Anne V. Curtiss (1897–1984), twins William Weaver "Ibb" (1900–1947) and James Preston "J.P./Pet" (1900–1968), Edwin Thomas "Tug", and Katherine Brew "Tatty".

Katherine (Kate) Margaret Brew Vaughn (October 22, 1873 – May 20, 1933) was an American author, lecturer, home economics teacher, newspaper writer, and radio host.

Early life

Kate Brew was born on October 22, 1873, in Hendersonville, Tennessee, the daughter of Patrick H. O'Gorman Brew (1821–1898) and Catherine "Kate" White (1841–1907).[1] She took special training in child-welfare work at the Peabody College in Nashville.[2]

Career

In 1911 Kate Brew Vaughn did her first cooking demonstration at the Tennessee State Fair. After that she went to work for Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati to promote their new product, Crisco. From 1912 to 1914 she traveled throughout the United States giving demonstrations on nutrition and cooking.[3] Hundreds of people came to see her make specialties such as her Japanese Fruit Cake ("Mikado Cake").[4]

On February 19, 1916, the Los Angeles Herald touted:

With a Record-breaking attendance of housewives, clubwomen and teachers in attendance, Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn, cooking expert, today closed the week's course in Better Food, Better Homes which, under the auspices of The Evening Herald, she has been conducting at Walker auditorium  ... Following the demonstration hundreds of women crowded round the famous celebrated domestic science expert to express their gratitude for the benefits they declare they have received through the Better Food, Better Homes free cooking course  ... In concluding her talks to the Los Angeles women she urged them to get in close and constant touch with the public school teachers who are doing so much to develop the children.[5]

Advertisement from Charlotte Observer, October 22, 1917

In 1917 Vaughn worked in New York to test recipes compatible with wartime shortages and rationing. She taught how to make a Victory Cake eggless, sugarless, and butterless; she said someone once told her they were also "joyless", but then ate three pieces.[6]

Vaughn created the Bureau of Child Hygiene for the North Carolina State Board of Health and served as its director until September 1919.[1][2][7] She created the Home Economics Department at the Los Angeles Evening Express on January 12, 1920.[1]

Beginning in 1920 Vaughn was a lecturer on home economics, taught home economics at North Carolina State College, and gave radio lectures on home economics four mornings a week on KNX (AM).[1]

She wrote many booklets under the direction of Herbert Hoover's U.S. Food Commission for Boards of Health and Manufacturers,[1] and was the author of Table Treats in Wartime, Culinary Echoes from Dixie,[8] Up-to-the-Minute Cook Book: A Collection of Tested Recipes, My Best Recipes: A selection from twenty years' experience of adapting and proving tested recipes, and Art of Preserving and Canning. As of 2008, Culinary Echoes from Dixie and My Best Recipes were considered "hot commodities" in historic cookbook circles.[1][3]

Personal life

On April 14, 1896, Kate Brew married William Weaver Vaughn (1863–1932). They had five children: Martha "Marte/Sis" Anne V. Curtiss (1897–1984), twins William Weaver "Ibb" (1900–1947) and James Preston "J.P./Pet" (1900–1968), Edwin Thomas "Tug", and Katherine Brew "Tatty".[1]

Vaughn moved to California in 1919 with her son Ed and daughter Tatty.[1] She died on May 20, 1933, in Los Angeles, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 91. Retrieved 8 August 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. 1 2 de Gruyter, Walter (1993). Women and War. p. 138. ISBN 9783110971125. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 Edwards, Patricia "Eddie"; Peckham, Peter (2008). Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide. Krause Publications. p. 200. ISBN 9781440219122. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Byrn, Anne (2016). American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes. Rodale. p. 100. ISBN 9781623365448. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "19 February 1916". Los Angeles Herald (95). Retrieved 9 August 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ↑ Byrn, Anne (2016). American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes. Rodale. p. 138. ISBN 9781623365448. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "NC Health Bulletin timeline related to nursing". Appalachian State University. 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ↑ Vaughn, Kate Brew (1914). Culinary echoes from Dixie. Cincinnati, The McDonald Press. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "21 May 1933". San Bernardino Sun. 39. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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