Margaret rudkin descendants

Margaret rudkin cause of death
Henry albert rudkin
Mark rudkin son of margaret rudkin

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Rudkin, Margaret Fogarty

During an era when being a housewife was considered the appropriate goal of a woman, Margaret Rudkin (1897–1967) achieved acclaim as one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in the United States. Her concern for her son's health prompted this already wealthy housewife to begin baking her own "health bread" and within 10 years her Pepperidge Farm ovens were producing thousands of loaves a day at a baking facility she herself designed. Her business was later acquired by the Campbell Soup Company, which further expanded the successful brand of baked goods Rudkin had developed.

Margaret "Peggy" Rudkin was born Margaret Fogarty on September 14, 1897, in New York City, one of five children born to Joseph and Margaret Fogarty. Her father drove a truck, and the family lived with their grandmother until Margaret was 12, when her grandmother died. The family then moved to Flushing, New York, where Rudkin later graduated from Flushing's City High School as class valedictorian in 1915. Following graduation she went to work as a bookkeeper in a bank i

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Rudkin, Margaret (1897–1967)

American businesswoman who founded Pepperidge Farm Bakeries. Born Margaret Fogarty on September 14, 1897, in New York City; died on June 1, 1967, in New Haven, Connecticut; daughter of Joseph I. Fogarty and Margaret (Healy) Fogarty; educated in public high schools; married Henry Albert Rudkin (a stockbroker), on April 8, 1923 (died 1966); children: Henry, Jr. (b. 1924); William (b. 1926); Mark (b. 1929).

Born on September 14, 1897, Margaret Rudkin grew up in New York City with her parents Joseph and Margaret Fogarty and four younger siblings. The family lived in a four-story brownstone in what is now a section of Manhattan known as Tudor City, and young Margaret learned to bake and cook from her Irish grandmother who lived with them. When Margaret was 12, her grandmother died, and the family moved to Flushing, Long Island (now part of Queens). She attended public schools there and graduated as valedictorian of her class.

Aiming for a career in business, Margaret became a bookkeeper at a local bank, the first woman to be hired at that institut

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Meet the American who founded Pepperidge Farm, baker and businessmom Margaret Rudkin

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Margaret Rudkin was a force of nature on the farm, in the bakery and in the boardroom.

You may not know her name. But you’ve certainly enjoyed delicious breads and snacks inspired by her idyllic Connecticut estate.

Pepperidge Farm.

Yes, it’s a real place. The Pepperidge Farm brand today is a powerhouse of the American food industry. It produces many of the nation's most beloved products, from breads and layer cakes

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Pretty remarkable for a city girl who, when she moved to her farmstead, couldn’t even bak