Juliet Corson

Juliet Corson (January 14, 1841 – June 18, 1897) was a leader in cookery education in the latter half of the 19th century in the United States.

[2] She was born in Boston, attended the Raymond and Brooklyn Institutes, and was secretary of the New York Free Training School for Women 1872/3.

She founded the New York School of Cookery in 1876 and was its superintendent until 1883, when she was obliged to close it on account of failing health.

In 1877, to help the poor learn how to cook on tight budgets, she authored and distributed a 33-page booklet Fifteen Cent Dinners for Families of Six,[4] which became quite popular.

In Philadelphia, Montreal, and Oakland, California, her efforts led to the teaching of cookery in the public schools.