> wrote in message
ups.com...
> There don't seem to be any articles about it, but it happened on the
> 23rd. She was born in Boston, MA.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Farmer
>
> (I didn't know she was only 57 when she died!)
>

"Only 57..." was three years past the average life
expectancy in 1915. More things than cooking
have changed since then...
(From WebMD
"When the U.S. population reached 100 million in 1915,
the average lifespan was 54 years. When we hit 200
million in 1967, it was around 70."

pavane