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Prudence Penny was a pen name used by women home economics writers and editors in various Hearst newspapers in America, starting in the 1920s. [1]

Under the pseudonym, the writer would write regular newspaper columns where she shared recipes (often emphasizing frugality), answered reader letters, gave advice for the home, and offered local cooking demonstrations. Some of them also hosted radio presentations, and wrote and edited cookbooks. Mabelle Burbridge, one of the first to write under the "Prudence Penny" byline, replied to 70,000 letters from readers in her first year. [1]

"Prudence Penny" also starred as "Herself" in several films, most notably in Penny Wisdom which won an Academy Award in 1938 for best short subject.

"Come to Prudence with confidence! Your letter is not departmentalized, rubber stamped, or form-letter-answered. If you have never received a letter from Prudence Penny, you have a sweet experience before you!"

—Mabelle Burbridge, writing as Prudence Penny [1]

Some of the women who used the "Prudence Penny" nom de plume were:

In June 1963, a male writer, Hyman Goldberg, began to write the weekly column for the Mirror under the byline after the death of Vaudine Newell, [6] [8] publishing recipes that often contrasted with the principles of prudence and frugality, and which Time Magazine called "intent on turning dinner into a binge". [9]

According to Goldberg, at the time there were only three other "Prudence Penny" still published under the byline, although there had once been 30 of them. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Garbee, Jenn (2009-04-22). "Marian Manners, Prudence Penny, the first celebrity cooks". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  2. ↑ "The Omaha Morning Bee-News 24 Sep 1936, page 3". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  3. ↑ "Bohlsen, Martha | Nebraska Archives Online". archives.nebraska.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  4. ↑ "Arizona Republic 19 Jun 1969, page Page 41". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Rites held in Queens for Prudence Penny". The New York Times. May 27, 1948. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  6. 1 2 MacMillan, Robert; Bainbridge, John (1963-09-07). "Prudence". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  7. ↑ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin 21 Aug 1952, page 16". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  8. ↑ "Hyman Goldberg, Writer, Dies; 'Prudence Penny' of Food Pages". The New York Times. 1970-09-20. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  9. ↑ "Columnists: My Son the Cook". Time. 1963-10-04. ISSN   0040-781X . Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  10. ↑ Goldberg, Hyman (1964). "Prudence Penny: the lady columnist who really isn't" (PDF). The Saturday Evening Post. pp. 40–46. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
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