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- Title
LOST TREASURE: THE ASCENT AND ECLIPSE OF A REFORMER AND RADIO STAR.
- Authors
Perkins, Blake
- Abstract
At the outset of the twentieth century malnutrition plagued the working people of Britain and their families. Their cooking skills had deteriorated and many of them relied on street vendors for most of their food. Successive governments and the medical establishment ignored evidence of the problem. Through the adaptation and innovation of social welfare practices a number of organisations and people including Florence Petty sought to alleviate the suffering of the working poor. Petty taught women to cook in their homes, established educational pilot programs, lectured extensively to raise awareness of the problem and became one of the leading broadcasters in the early years of BBC radio.
- Subjects
RADIO sources (Astronomy); STREET vendors; SOCIAL services; CONSCIOUSNESS raising; MOBILE food services; SUFFERING; HOME schooling
- Publication
Petits Propos Culinaires, 2024, Issue 128, p56
- ISSN
0142-7857
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1558/ppc.28874