NEW FLAVOR, NEW NATION Alamy Stock Photo/Getty Images Meet the American Who... Meet the American who cooked up ketchup, Dr. James Mease, patriot with passion for 'love apples'
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Meet the American Who... 2 days ago Meet the American who invented windshield wipers, Mary Anderson, Alabama entrepreneur Mary Anderson was born in Alabama months after the tragedy of the Civil War. She helped her state rebuild, then went on to create windshield wipers — long before auto titans realized the potential.
Meet the American Who... May 24 Meet the American who cooked up ketchup, Dr. James Mease, patriot with passion for 'love apples' Dr. James Mease was a Philadelphia intellectual born to a veteran of the American Revolution. In 1812, he published the first recipe for ketchup, a signature taste of America.
LIFESTYLE May 17 Meet the American who invented sliced bread: Otto Rohwedder, hard-luck hawkeye Otto Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, created the invention by which all others are judged — sliced bread — in 1928. His innovation quickly changed consumer culture.
Meet the American Who... May 10 Meet the American who created bubble gum, Walter Diemer, home-kitchen chemist outwitted scientists Walter Diemer, a 23-year-old accountant for Fleer Co. of Philadelphia, invented bubble gum in 1928. The secret formula had defied the best food scientists for decades.
LIFESTYLE May 3 Meet the American who created the Kentucky Derby, Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., born of pioneers The Kentucky Derby debuted in 1875, the horse race a vision of Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson of American explorer William Clark in hopes of reviving commonwealth's economy.
LIFESTYLE April 26 Meet the American who invented the gas-powered tractor, entrepreneur John Froelich, helped feed the world John Froelich, the oldest son of German immigrants, was born in Iowa in 1849. The grain mill operator tinkered away on a gasoline traction, the tractor, that changed global agriculture.
LIFESTYLE April 19 Meet the American who never flinched in the fight for independence, Abigail Adams Abigail Adams proved a peerless patriot in the American Revolution with "a spirit that will not be conquered" while championing rights for women in the new nation.
LIFESTYLE April 12 Meet the American who made prescriptions safer, Deborah Adler, inspired by Holocaust survivor grandma Deborah Adler of New York has achieved acclaim in industry and art for her prescription bottle designs and labeling program that have helped to prevent thousands of deaths each year.
LIFESTYLE April 5 Meet the American who led 77 Minutemen against 700 Redcoats at Battle of Lexington: Captain John Parker Captain John Parker, 46, was crippled by tuberculosis when he led 77 volunteers against 700 British regulars in the Battle of Lexington, igniting the American Revolution.
LIFESTYLE March 29 Meet the American who mapped the US-Mexico border, Gen. William Emory, shaped nation in war and in peace William H. Emory served in two wars but is best remembered for leading the expedition that mapped out the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border and shaped images of the Southwest.