Sally Gerber Explained

Sally Gerber (born 1927) is the daughter of Daniel Frank Gerber who established the baby food enterprise Gerber Products Company.^[1]

Sally Gerber was ill as a baby, and when she was seven months old, her pediatrician recommended a diet of fruits and vegetables which her mother prepared for her daily.^[2] Her mother Dorothy soon grew tired of hand-straining fruits and vegetables every day. She turned to her husband "Dan", owner of the Fremont Canning Company along with his father Frank Daniel Gerber, for help.^[3]

Sources

• Avakian, Arlene Voski et al., From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies, Liverpool University Press (2005),
• Belasco, Warren James et al., Food Nations, Routledge (2002),
• Ingham, John N., Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders: A-G, Greenwood Publishing Group (1983),

Notes and References

1. Ingham, p. 444
2. Belasco, p. 102
3. Avakian, p. 73-74