Agnes C. Higgins
Agnes C. Higgins née Quamme (1911 - August 27, 1985) was a Canadian nutritionist and executive director of the Montreal Diet Dispensary, serving from 1959 to 1981.[1] She is best known for developing the "Higgins Method" to help mothers with nutrition so their children would not be low birth-weight babies and they would then be more likely to grow up healthy.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The USDA was influenced by Ms. Higgins and observed her work at the dispensary to create the WIC Program.[10] Prior to working at the Diet Dispensary she worked for Betty Crocker and was one of the women who responded to correspondence addressed to Miss Betty Crocker.[11] Her name is listed among Typonym'Elles, the list of recognized females whose names are of historic importance and are available to the city of Montreal for use when naming new city attributes.[12]
Awards[edit]
- 1975 - Order of Canada[13]
- 1975 - Honorary Degree from Concordia University.[14]
- 1980 - The March of Dimes created the annual Higgins Award for maternal-fetal nutrition to award to nutritionists for their distinguished achievement in nutrition.[15]
- 1985 - E.W. Crampton Award for Distinguished Service in fields dealing with Nutrition and Food from McGill University[16]
References[edit]
- ^ [1], Montreal Diet Dispensary history.
- ^ [2] Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, Centraid: Who were they? Agnes C. Higgins
- ^ [3], Nutritional Supplementation and the Outcome of Pregnancy: Proceedings of a Workshop [held] November 3–5, 1971, Sagamore Beach, Mass (Montreal Diet Dispensary Study, page 93)
- ^ [4], University of Utah: The Higgins Method of Nutritional Rehabilitation During Pregnancy.
- ^ [5], Tools of Change: Montreal Diet Dispensary
- ^ [6] Archived 2017-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation: Montreal Diet Dispensary
- ^ [7], Nutrition Research Journal: (abstract) Effects of nutritional services to pregnant mothers on the school performance of treated and untreated children
- ^ [8], Chicago Tribune: Born Healthy: Diet is important
- ^ https://ncpha.memberclicks.net/assets/HistoricalNewsletters/1977%20newsletters.pdf, North Carolina Public Health Association Newsletter: Featured speaker, page 5
- ^ [9], History and Changes in the WIC program
- ^ [10], How Canadians Communicate VI: Food Promotion, Consumption, and Controversy, page 116
- ^ [11], Typonym'Elles: Montréal au féminin
- ^ [12], Order of Canada: Agnes C. Higgins
- ^ [13], Concordia University:Honorary degree citation - Agnes C. Higgins
- ^ [14], March of Dimes: Agnes Higgins Award maternal-fetal nutrition
- ^ [15], McGill University: Earle W. Crampton Award