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Sisters in Restaurant Success: A History of The Maramor

in History, Restaurants, Winter 2017 14 comments

By Jan Whitaker In the summer of 1920 a woman named Mary Love opened The Maramor, a tea room-style restaurant in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The location was in a house once owned by the city’s richest man. After being vacated by his widow in 1895, the handsome 3-story building had housed a variety of tenants […]

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From Patrons to Chefs, a History of Women in Restaurants

in Fall 2015, History, Restaurants 120 comments

By Jan Whitaker American women have long been involved in public eating places. In Early America a common pattern was set as wives partnered with husbands in operating dining rooms in taverns and inns – and then carried on alone. Elizabeth Fraunces, wife of Samuel Fraunces whose career is commemorated in New York City’s historic […]

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