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Marietta McPherson Greenough

b. 1870

Best known for practical writing on cooking and household economy, this early 20th-century American author focused on helping readers prepare nourishing meals without overspending. She also wrote under the pen name Mary Green.

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Better Meals for Less Money

Better Meals for Less Money

by Marietta McPherson Greenough

About the author

Marietta McPherson Greenough was an American author associated with cooking, household management, and the growing field of home economics in the early 1900s. Harvard archival material describes her as an author, cookbook collector, and advocate of home economics as a field of study.

She is especially connected with Better Meals for Less Money (1917), a practical guide aimed at helping families shop wisely and serve nutritious food on a budget. That work was published under the pseudonym Mary Green.

Reliable biographical details beyond those points were limited in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview stays close to her documented work and interests.