Henrietta Latham Dwight (October 21, 1840 – February 6, 1909) was an American artist,

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advocate and vegetarian.

Biography

Dwight was born in

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as Henrietta Marshall. Her parents were Charles Manchester Marshall of England and Henrietta Cole of Kentucky."Henrietta Marshall Latham Dwight (1840-1909)"
sullivangoss.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022. In 1860 she married James Hoge Latham, they had three children. In 1876 her husband died and she married Colonel James F. Dwight in 1880. She moved into a fifty-room mansion, Thrulow Lodge, in Menlo Park. She was known for her watercolor landscapes. Dwight studied with Christian Jorgensen and her artwork focused on Californian coastal life. Dwight authored an early

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cookbook, ''The Golden Age Cook-Book'', in 1898. The cookbook was lacto-ovo vegetarian and utilized "

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" recipes, such as mock chicken croquettes and mock fish soup. Her mock chicken recipe was made from breadcrums, eggs, lemon juice and walnuts.Shprintzen, Adam D. (2013). ''The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921''. University of North Carolina Press. p. 137. Dwight stated that meat eating was "not necessary to the perfect health of man".

Death

She died in

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and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, California. In 1918, in memory of Dwight and her first husband, their children Edith and Milton Latham formed the Latham Foundation with the aim of promoting humane education and respect for all living creatures."About the Latham Foundation"
latham.org. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

Selected publications

''The Golden Age Cook-Book''
(1898)

References

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