Mary Emma Showalter

Mary Emma Showalter founded the home economics department at Eastern Mennonite University, where she taught from 1946-1972. She authored Mennonite Community Cookbook in 1950 because a cookbook of favorite recipes of Mennonite families had never been published.

Mary Emma Showalter founded the home economics department at Eastern Mennonite University, where she taught from 1946-1972. She authored Mennonite Community Cookbook in 1950 because a cookbook of favorite recipes of Mennonite families had never been published. See less