Davis vision of aunt jemima to life in 1890 and described green. Nancy green was the face of aunt jemima aunt jemima s website reported that nancy green was responsible for bringing r t. You probably don t know the name nancy green but you d recognize her face.
As quaker oats retires the aunt jemima name from its pancake products williams hopes it won t be forgotten. Sherry williams has spent 15 years researching nancy green s legacy. Nancy green actually worked with the aunt jemima brand until 1923.
Aunt jemima is based on a real woman nancy green who was a storyteller cook and missionary worker. A woman who answered the. After nearly a decade of effort williams said she finally received approval for a headstone for nancy green in march.
Remembering nancy green as aunt jemima fades away. During my research in to the chicago world s fair of 1893 i learned that nancy green played aunt jemima to much success. Detour nancy green did you know that the original aunt jemima nancy green has been buried for 90 years without a headstone in a chicago cemetery.
Nancy green march 4 1834 august 30 1923 was a storyteller cook activist and the first of many african american models hired to promote a corporate trademark as aunt jemima the famous aunt jemima recipe was not her recipe but she became the advertising world s first living trademark. A woman who answered the. After nearly a decade of effort williams said she finally received approval for a headstone for nancy green in march.
Remembering nancy green as aunt jemima fades away. Because green is buried in a section with flat headstones williams plans to have a similar but ornate one created to reflect green s achievement as the original aunt jemima. She was famous for her delicious pancakes and was hired to cook them at the columbian exposition in chicago in 1893.
Nancy green was born in montgomery county kentucky in 1834 and came to chicago il as a nurse for a private family according to a chicago tribune article about her written at the time of her death.
Nancy green aunt jemima headstone. Green didn t invent the pancake mix as some of the memes have claimed. The recipe wasn t hers. But she was a great spokeswoman she represented the brand under the name aunt jemima at the.
But she was a great spokeswoman she represented the brand under the name aunt jemima at the. The recipe wasn t hers. Green didn t invent the pancake mix as some of the memes have claimed.
