Focus on Food.
by Peck, Leilani, Leonora Moragne, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Moray, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Webster Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. Quarto. Original orange laminate boards printed in green and purple. Colour illustrations throughout. Binding a little rubbed and bumped, mild waviness to text block. A very good copy. First edition. One of the authors of this home economics textbook was the prominent Black nutrition scientist Lenora Moragne (1931-2020) who worked as a hospital dietician before earning her doctorate at Cornell. "With an illustrious career that spanned 60 years, Moragne held positions in hospitals, industry, nutrition publishing, academia and government. Her positions within the federal government include head of nutrition education and training for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service; nutrition coordinator at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and a professional staff member for Sen. Bob Dole (Kan.), specializing in nutrition. She was the first professional female (of any race or ethnic group) to be employed by the Senate Agriculture Committee. From 1970 until she was recruited by Dole, Moragne taught at Hunter College and was the college's first African American professor. During her years in Washington, D.C., she wrote nutrition legislation, improved school lunch programs and developed a pamphlet titled 'Nutrition and Your Health
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 1990.' Moragne often traveled throughout the U.S. to promote nutrition and dietetics and delivered lectures to nutrition professionals" ("Remembering Leonora Morage", Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation website, February 5th 2021).
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- Bookseller
- Alembic Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 766
- Title
- Focus on Food.
- Author
- Peck, Leilani, Leonora Moragne, et al
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Webster Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Agriculture|Food Science|Diverse Science|Medicine|Physiology|Children's Science|Chemistry
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