UC San Diego UC San Diego Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Recipes for Resistance: Feminist Political Discourse About Cooking, 1870-1985 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/87r6497z Author Williams, Stacy Jeanne Publication Date 2017 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Recipes for Resistance: Feminist Political Discourse About Cooking, 1870-1985 A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology by Stacy Jeanne Williams Committee in charge: Professor Mary Blair-Loy, Chair Professor Amy Binder Professor Jeffrey Haydu Professor Isaac Martin Professor Rebecca Plant 2017 The Dissertation of Stacy Jeanne Williams is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm and electronically: University of California, San Diego 2017 iii DEDICATION For Kevin Bradley Williams, 1988-2010 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page ................................................................................................................... iii Dedication .......................................................................................................................... iv Table of Contents .................................................................................................................v List of Tables .................................................................................................................... vii List of Images ................................................................................................................. viii List of Recipes ................................................................................................................... ix Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................. xi Vita ................................................................................................................................... xiv Abstract of the Dissertation ............................................................................................. xvi Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................1 Chapter 2: Methods ............................................................................................................35 Chapter 3: Woman’s Temperance and Woman’s Suffrage in Historical Context .............56 Chapter 4: Cooking for Sobriety and Salvation: Temperance Discourse About Cooking, 1875-1919 ..........................................................................................................95 Chapter 5: Cooking for Enfranchisement and Equality: Suffrage Discourse About Cooking, 1870-1920 ........................................................................................................130 Chapter 6: Liberal and Radical Second-Wave Feminism in Historical Context .............193 Chapter 7: Cooking for Economic Power: Liberal Second-Wave Feminist Discourse About Cooking, 1963-1985 .............................................................................................226 Chapter 8: “Food for People, Not for Profit:” Radical Second-Wave Feminist Discourse About Cooking, 1967-1985 ............................................................................278 Chapter 9: Conclusion ......................................................................................................325 Appendix A: List of Feminist Cookbooks Analyzed for this Dissertation ......................346 v Appendix B: Pairings of Temperance and Suffrage Cookbooks .....................................347 Appendix C: List of Archives Visited .............................................................................348 References ........................................................................................................................349 vi LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1. Examples of Personal, Integrated, and Organizational Prefigurative Politics ..27 Table 4.1. Prefigurative Politics Common in Temperance Culinary Discourse ..............108 Table 5.1. Prefigurative Politics Common in Suffrage Culinary Discourse ....................154 Table 5.2. Recipes with Canned Food in Suffrage and Temperance Cookbooks, Organized by Cookbooks from Comparable Regions and Dates ....................................169 Table 7.1. Prefigurative Politics Common in Liberal Feminist Culinary Discourse .......243 Table 8.1. Prefigurative Politics Common in Radical Feminist Culinary Discourse ......292 vii LIST OF IMAGES Image 5.1. Woman Suffragists Busy Peeling Potatoes When Not Getting Votes ...........187 Image 5.2. Covers of Suffrage Community Cookbooks ..................................................188 Image 5.3. First Page of the Holiday Gift Cook Book .....................................................189 Image 5.4. Jack London’s Recipe Submission in The Suffrage Cook Book ....................190 Image 5.5. “Men Cooking Breakfast at Camp 1” ............................................................191 Image 5.6. Dr. Cora Smith Eaton in Yellowstone National Park ....................................192 Image 6.1. Sample Page from First Virginia Feminist Cookbook ...................................224 Image 6.2. Sample Pages from The Political Palate .......................................................225 Image 7.1. “Cooking Up a Fortune” ................................................................................277 Image 8.1. Menus from Bread & Roses Restaurant .........................................................324 viii LIST OF RECIPES Temperance Recipes Substitute for Wine, Brandy and Cider in Pies and other Cooking .................................110 Fruit Salad ........................................................................................................................111 Temperance Punch ...........................................................................................................111 Wholesome Summer Drink ..............................................................................................112 Chicken Cheese ................................................................................................................118 Suffrage Recipes Cakes for Children ...........................................................................................................143 Enfranchised Macaroni ....................................................................................................144 Boneless Birds .................................................................................................................144 Baked Beans .....................................................................................................................157 Mush ................................................................................................................................158 Dough Gods .....................................................................................................................160 To Cook Trout in the Forest .............................................................................................160 Speedy Cake .....................................................................................................................164 Cooked Oil Mayonnaise ..................................................................................................165 Cherry Olives ...................................................................................................................166 Tomato Soup ....................................................................................................................166 Spanish Rice .....................................................................................................................167 Salmon Loaf .....................................................................................................................168 Breakfast Gems ................................................................................................................173 ix Oyster Loaf Farcie Champignons ....................................................................................173 Plain Suet Pudding ...........................................................................................................174 Liberal Second-Wave Feminist Recipes Curry Cheese Sauce .........................................................................................................233 Helen Satterthwaite’s Sustaining Stew ............................................................................234 Broccoli Salad ..................................................................................................................247 Slow-Cooked Chili and Other Combinations ..................................................................249 Alice’s Soup .....................................................................................................................252 Broccoli Casserole ...........................................................................................................252 Swedish Green Potatoes ...................................................................................................253 Frozen Cole Slaw .............................................................................................................254 Nourishing Fast Fish Fry