Sherry Williams has spent 15 years researching the legacy of Nancy Green, the Chicago woman originally portrayed the Aunt Jemima trademark. As Quaker Oats retires the name from its pancake products, Williams hopes Green won’t be forgotten. WBEZ
, Green was born into slavery in Montgomery County, Ky., in 1834 and moved to Chicago to serve as a nurse and caretaker for the prominent Walker family.claim it was Green who originally came up with the pancake recipe that would go on to be sold as the Aunt Jemima mix. According to the obit, Green made pancakes for the Walker brothers, who then spread the word of Green's legendary pancakes among their friends.
Green spent the last three decades of her life traveling the country, giving cooking demonstrations — like this one in 1896 in Salina, Kansas — and attending all of the World's Fair exhibitions except for Paris in 1900.Although Aunt Jemima became a household name for the next century, very little was documented about Green's life and work in her community.
"That is absolutely the irony, that she is playing a role: a derogatory type and caricature of Black women," she said."In actuality, this is a Black woman who was moving around the country and, in a way, the world. ... Her actual mobility in so many ways defied the stasis of the problematic caricature-type."After learning more about Green's life, Williams said she became determined to find Green's grave and honor her with a headstone.
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