Sally Gerber (born 1927 in

Fremont, Michigan Fremont is a city in Newaygo County, Michigan, United States. The population was 4,516 at the time of the 2020 census. History The first inhabitants of the Fremont area were Native Americans. A group of settlers led by Daniel Weaver first s ...

) is the daughter of

Daniel Frank Gerber Daniel Frank Gerber (May 6, 1898 – March 16, 1974) was an American manufacturer of baby food, and founder of Gerber Food Products. He had a management college education and then started working for his father's canning company in Michigan and ...

who established the baby food enterprise

Gerber Products Company Gerber Products Company is an American purveyor of baby food and baby products headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, with plans to relocate to Arlington, Virginia. Gerber is a subsidiary of Nestlé. Other Gerber products currently produced ...

.Ingham, p. 444 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.Belasco, p. 102 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 Frank Daniel Gerber (July 12, 1873 - October 7, 1952) was an American manufacturer of baby food.Ingham, p. 443-445 Early life Gerber was born in the town of Douglas in Allegan County, Michigan, in 1873. He graduated from Fremont High School of Wes ...

, for help.Avakian, p. 73-74

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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), 1927 births Living people 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesswomen 21st-century American women {{food-bio-stub