Sally Gerber

Template:Short description Sally Gerber (born 1927) is the daughter of Daniel Frank Gerber who established the baby food enterprise Gerber Products Company.<ref>Ingham, p. 444</ref>

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.<ref name ="Belasco">Belasco, p. 102</ref> 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.<ref name="Avakian">Avakian, p. 73-74</ref>

Sources

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

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