**Carol Lee Flinders**:
– Early Life and Education:
– Born to Gilbert H. and Jeanne Lee Ramage
– Grew up on a farm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
– Family moved to Spokane in 1958
– Graduated from North Central High School in 1961
– Obtained a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a PhD in comparative literature from the University of California at Berkeley
– Career:
– Coauthored ‘Laurels Kitchen’ in 1976
– Published books on spirituality starting in the late 1980s
– Coauthored ‘The Making of a Teacher’ with her husband
– Lectured in spirituality at Holy Names College in Oakland, California
– Works:
– Vegetarian cooking:
– Authored multiple editions of ‘Laurels Kitchen’
– Books focused on vegetarian cookery and nutrition
– Included related titles under the same philosophy
– Covered topics like bread-making and caregiving
– Spirituality and/or Feminism:
– Authored books on women mystics and spirituality
– Explored the intersection of spirituality and feminism
– Published works on restoring balance and ancient equilibrium
– Addressed the role of women in rebalancing the world
– Interviews and Profiles:
– Interviewed by Linda Johnsen for ‘Yoga Journal’
– Profiled in ‘Marin Independent Journal’ and ‘The Salt Lake Tribune’
– Featured in articles discussing feminism and spirituality
– Coverage in newspapers like ‘The Spokesman Review’ and ‘Spokane Chronicle’
**Authors and Works on Vegetarianism**:
– Carol J. Adams
– Suzanne M. Babich
– Phyllis B. Acosta
– William Alcott
– Bertrand P. Allinson
**Books on American Women and the Kitchen**:
– ‘Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?: American Women and the Kitchen in the Twentieth Century’ by Mary Drake McFeely
– ‘Stir it up: home economics in American culture’ by Megan J. Elias
– ‘The Making of a Teacher: Conversations with Eknath Easwaran’ by Tim Flinders and Carol Flinders
– ‘Viva! Health’ – Vegetarianism
– ‘Shelley’s Vegetarianism’
**Historical Works on Vegetarianism**:
– ‘Behind the Scenes in Slaughter-Houses’ (1892)
– ‘Why I Am a Vegetarian’ (1895)
– ‘Figs or Pigs?’
– William Metcalfe
– Eli Peck Miller
**Prominent Figures in Vegetarianism**:
– George Bedborough
– Ernest Bell
– Ragnar Berg
– Rynn Berry
– Maximilian Bircher-Benner
Carol Lee Flinders is a writer, independent scholar, educator, speaker, and former syndicated columnist. She is best known as one of the three authors of Laurel's Kitchen along with Laurel Robertson and Bronwen Godfrey. She is also the co- author of The Making of a Teacher with Tim Flinders.
Carol Lee Flinders | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author, Educator |
| Education | Stanford University, B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. |
| Genre | Vegetarian Cooking Spirituality |
| Notable works | Laurel's Kitchen and The Making of a Teacher |
| Spouse | Tim Flinders |