Mildred Maddocks

Maddocks was approached by Corning Glass Works to trial the prototype product, Pyrex.^[3] She endorsed the product in magazine articles and by giving cooking demonstrations in department stores across the country.^[5] In her role as director of the Good Housekeeping Institute, she wrote The Consumer Viewpoint, explaining what women look for when buying domestic appliances such as an iron, a vacuum cleaner, washing machine and refrigerator.^[6]

• Maddocks, M., & Rumford Chemical Works. (1911). Rumford receipt book. Providence, R.I: Rumford Chemical Works.^[7]
• Maddocks, M. (1914). The Pure Food Cook Book ... Edited by M. Maddocks, etc. Hearst's International Library Co: New York.^[8]
• Maddocks, M. (1930). Good housekeeping cook book: Good housekeeping recipes, just how to buy, just how to cook. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart.^[9]