Julia Child is a renowned chef and cookbook author. Thanks to this enterprising and talented woman, thousands of American women have learned to cook deliciously, inventively, and economically. Julia’s cuisine is still popular today, and her fame has spread far beyond the United States.
Childhood and youth
The biography of Julia Child (née Mac-Williams) began in 1912. The girl was born in Pasadena, California. The family was quite prosperous and even rich. Julia's father successfully engaged in real estate investments, his mother was the heiress of a large fortune. The family grew up with three children, Julia was the eldest.
Children received an excellent education, Julia graduated from a prestigious school for girls in San Francisco. She was remembered as a fairly diligent student with a cheerful and lively character. In her free time, the girl went in for sports, played tennis and golf, and loved to hunt.
First job and career growth
The girl always dreamed of becoming a writer, and after school she entered Smith College. Julia wrote short plays and sent them to publishers, but not a single work was accepted. Miss Mc-Williams was not upset, she just decided to temporarily change her specialty and started advertising.
In 1941, Julia's life made another sharp turn: with the outbreak of war, she became a volunteer in the intelligence unit. She had to transmit secret information from various countries: on the instructions of the government, the girl went to Sri Lanka, Colombo, China. In 1945, an acquaintance with a colleague, Paul Child, took place, a year later ended with a wedding.
