Nancy Green was a model that was choosen to be the spokesperson for Aunt Jemima, not the one who owned or created the recipe.philip964 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:23 am I read this today about Aunt Jemima.
Born a slave. One of first African American millionaires.
Great cook. Sold out to General Mills.
If they wanted to change the name to Uncle Philip’s, and have my ugly face on the bottle, I would be proud.
Not sure I understand this whole, I’m offended.
I fully understand erasing history.
. She was hired in 1890[5] by the R.T. Davis Milling Company in St. Joseph, Missouri, to represent "Aunt Jemima", an advertising character named after a song from a minstrel show.[3] Davis Milling had recently acquired the formula to a ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour from St. Joseph Gazette editor Chris L. Rutt and Charles Underwood and were looking to employ an African-American woman as a Mammy archetype to promote their new product.