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Sylvester Graham – References

References

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Sylvester Graham”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Sep. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvester-Graham. Accessed 20 December 2023.

Carlton, G. (2022). Meet Sylvester Graham, The Religious Health Nut Who Thought White Bread Was Evil. Website All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/sylvester-graham. Accessed 20 December 2023.


Chen, S. (2023). Website: Ancestry. Life in the 1800’s in America. Accessed 20 December 2023.

Clark, E. (2022). Sylvester Graham: Progressive Advocate for Healthy Living. Expansion and Reform 1801-1861, Food and Drink, Health and Medicine, Suffield. Website Connecticut History.Org. Accessed 20 December 2023.

Foote, A. (1835).  A Defense of the Graham System of Living, or Remarks on Diet and Regimen: Dedicated to the Rising Generation. New York, NY. W. Applegate.

Graham, S., Trall. R., Shelton, H. (2009) The Greatest Health Discovery. Youngstown, OH. National Health Association.

International Vegetarian Union (IVU). Editors of Website. “Sylvester Graham (1795-1851): Inventor of Graham Flour and the Graham Cracker,” https://www.ivu.org/history/usa19/graham.html. Accessed 20 December 2023.

Lobel, C. (2019). Sylvester Graham and Antebellum Diet Reform. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/first-age-reform/essays/sylvester-graham-and-antebellum-diet-reform. Accessed 20 December 2023.

New England Historical Society. (2021). Sylvester Graham, HealthFood Nut, Makes Butchers and Bakers Go Crackers. https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/sylvester-graham-health-food-nut-makes-butchers-bakers-crackers/ Accessed 20 December 2023.

Nissenbaum, Stephen. (1980). Sex, Diet, and Debility in Jacksonian America: Sylvester Graham and health reform. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. https://archive.org/details/sexdietdebilityi0000niss

Shelton, H. (1968). Natural Hygiene: The Pristine Way of Life Youngstown, OH. National Health Association.

Sylvester Graham. (2023, November 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Graham

Graham, Sylvester, Trall. R., Shelton, H. (2009) The Greatest Health Discovery. Youngstown, OH. National Health Association. 

“Sylvester Graham.” Family Search, ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LY11-BR2/dr.-charles-edward-page-m-d-1840-1925. Accessed 15 Feb. 2024.

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