Mildred Maddocks
American cooking journalist and writer
Mildred Agnes Maddocks (3 August 1881 – 17 May 1955), also known as Mildred Agnes Maddocks Bentley, was an American cooking journalist and writer. She was head of the Good Housekeeping Institute.
Biography
Maddocks was approached by Corning Glass Works to trial the prototype product, Pyrex. She endorsed the product in magazine articles and by giving cooking demonstrations in department stores across the country. In her role as director of the Good Housekeeping Institute, she wrote The Consumer Viewpoint, explaining what women look for when buying domestic appliances such as an iron, a vacuum cleaner, washing machine and refrigerator.
Publications
Maddocks, M., & Rumford Chemical Works. (1911). Rumford receipt book. Providence, R.I: Rumford Chemical Works.
Maddocks, M. (1914).
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