Marietta McPherson Greenough

Marietta McPherson Greenough was an American writer associated with cookery and household management. Records in public-domain library catalogs identify her as the author of Better Meals for Less Money, a practical guide to planning and preparing economical, nourishing food for the home.

Harvard archival notes describe her not only as an author but also as a cookbook collector and an advocate of home economics as a field of study. Those notes also say she published Better Meals for Less Money in 1917 under the pseudonym Mary Green, which helps explain why the book is sometimes credited that way.

The cataloging information available online consistently connects her with the birth year 1870, though some memorial-style genealogy pages list slightly different life dates. Because the biographical record online is thin and not fully consistent, the clearest picture is of a writer who helped make thrift, nutrition, and organized household cooking more accessible to ordinary families.