Sarah Field Splint

Sarah Field Splint (1883–1959) was an American author, editor, domestic science consultant, and feminist.[2][3]

Sarah Field Splint
Sarah Field Splint, 1917 – 1918
Born	1883 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania[1]
Died	1959
Occupation	Feminist writer
Language	American English
Nationality	American
Literary movement	Second Wave Feminism

Biography

Sarah Field Splint, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, was an alumnus of Colby College.[1] From 1914 to 1919 she was the editor of the magazine "Today's Housewife", published in Cooperstown, New York.[4] She served as chief of the Home Conservation Division of the Food Conservation Division of the United States Food Administration,[5] designing the USFA uniform, later known as the Hoover apron.[6] Splint was an editor of Woman's Home Companion, Managing Editor of The Woman's Magazine,[7] and a member of the staff of The Delineator. She associated with feminist group, Heterodoxy, having favored suffrage. Splint donated to her alma mater's library a collection of the works of Sarah Orne Jewett.[1] She died in 1959.

Selected works

• 192?, The Rumford modern methods of cooking; delicious and savory dishes ...
• 1922, Time-saving cookery
• 1923, What you gain by using Dairylea milk : recipes and budget
• 1925, Master-recipes : a new time-saving method of cookery : prepared in McCall's laboratory-kitchen, Sarah Field Splint, Director
• 1925, What to serve at parties : menus and recipes for parties of every kind : prepared in McCall's laboratory-kitchen, Sarah Field Splint, Director
• 1926, Pies and pastries : icings and frostings
• 1926, The art of cooking and serving
• 1926, Some hints on deep fat frying
• 1926, Smoothtop cookery with gas, the modern fuel
• 1929, 199 selected recipes
• 1930, Salads, suppers, picnics : a book of delicious and time saving dishes made with Premier Salad Dressing
• 1930, A manual of cookery in 12 chapters as applied to classroom work
• 1931, Table service and accessories
• 1935, 65 prize recipes from the South : a collection of prize-winning recipes, proved favorites from Southern homes

References

1. "Colby Alumnus Vol . 40, No. 1: October 1950". Colby College. p. 19. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
2. Driver 2008, p. 659.
3. Marks 2010, p. 27.
4. http://www.magazineart.org/magazines/t/todayshousewife.html Magazine Art profile of "Today's Housewife"
5. Rossiter 1984, p. 120.
6. Goldstein 2012, p. 50, 190, 314.
7. The Woman's Magazine 1914, p. front cover.

Bibliography

• Driver, Elizabeth (2008). Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825-1949. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-4790-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Goldstein, Carolyn M. (2012). Creating Consumers: Home Economists in Twentieth-century America. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3553-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Marks, Susan (11 May 2010). Finding Betty Crocker: The Secret Life of America's First Lady of Food. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-0401-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Rossiter, Margaret W. (1 August 1984). Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-2509-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• The Woman's Magazine (1914). The Woman's Magazine (Public domain ed.). New Idea Publishing Co.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)