August 17, 2016

During World War II, Drexel students, personnel and alums serving their country receive a monthly Drexel newsletter from The Drexel Women's Club, which is made of female faculty and staff as well as the wives of their male counterparts. The organization funds these newsletters with sales from “The Drexel Women’s Club Cook Book,” a collection of 150 wartime recipes featuring tried-and-true family recipes enjoyed by Drexel faculty and staff. Over 3,000 inaugural copies were printed in 1945 and many more were sold over the years as the book was reprinted in the 1950s and updated in 1972. That is the last cookbook created by the club, which began in 1927 and folds in 1985 due to waning interest.