"She Ought to Have Taken Those Cakes": Southern Women and Rural Food Supplies

Download or read book "She Ought to Have Taken Those Cakes": Southern Women and Rural Food Supplies written by Rebecca Sharpless and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1930, five hundred potential customers showed up at the opening of Staunton's curb market, and in 1936, the market's most successful vendor, Nettie Shull, made more than $2,000 by selling potato chips, fried apple pies, potato salad, and dressed poultry." This article appears in the Summer 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook. Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.