Welcome to the History Tricks, where Annie resambles to a boring old history lesson

as purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

Annie Farmer was written off by society at a young age due to her disability, but she

rallied as an adult, parlaying her talent in the kitchen into a culinary career whose

repercussions persist today.

The End.

Let's talk about Fanny Farmer.

But first, let's drop her into history.

In 1857, U.S. Congress outlawed foreign currency as legal tender.

The 9-inning rule for baseball replaced the 9 runs equals a game rule.

A New Yorker named Alexander Douglas patented the bustle.

After being acquitted of charges of, quote, outraging public morals and religious and

good manners and making some minor edits on the original manuscript, French writer Gustave

Floubert was allowed to publish Madame Bovery.

The first ceremony for awarding the highest British award for valor, the Victoria Cross,

was held by Queen Victoria herself.

Jules Verne married Annarine Morale and a future emperor of Mexico, Ferdinand Max

Millian, wed Princess Charlotte of Belgium, and in 1857, the future mother of level measurements

was born.

Fanny Marit Farmer was born on March 23rd, 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, the oldest

of the four living children of John Franklin Farmer and Mary Watson Marit Farmer.

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