Mrs. Julian Heath

{{Short description|American radio personality}}

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| name = Mrs. Julian Heath

| image = Mrs. Julian Heath (Jennie Dewey Heath) - LCCN2014694926 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Julian Heath (Jennie Dewey Heath) in the 1910s

| othername = Jennie Dewey Heath

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| birth_date = 1863

| birth_place = Stonington, Connecticut

| death_date = November 18, 1932

| death_place = Douglaston, Queens

| burial_place = Kensico Cemetery

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| occupation = Radio personality

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| children = Julian D. Heath

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Mrs. Julian Heath (Jennie Dewey Heath,(19 November 1932). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9907EEDC1539E033A2575AC1A9679D946394D6CF Deaths], The New York Times) (1863 - November 18, 1932) founded the National Housewives League in 1911,(17 November 1915). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/11/17/105047432.pdf Housewives' League Near Serious Split], The New York Times and served as its president until her death in 1932.

In 1924 she began regularly appearing on the WJZ radio station in New York, talking about home economics. She was on-air five days a week for several years. Before starting the radio show, the Housewives League had its share of scandals due to conflicts of interest arising from endorsements of food manufacturers who also advertised heavily in the league's publications.Halper, Donna L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=g69emWgw2SoC&pg=PA25 Invisible Stars: A Social History of Women in American Broadcasting], p. 25 (2001)

Earlier in life, Heath also did some work with Jacob Riis at the Flower Mission and Riis Settlement House.

Heath was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and died at her home in Douglaston, Queens in 1932, survived by her son Julian D. Heath, and was buried at Kensico Cemetery.(19 November 1932). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05EEDC1539E033A2575AC1A9679D946394D6CF Mrs. Julian Heath Dies of Heart Disease: Broadcast Radio Feature Since 1924 on Household Efficiency--Founded Housewives' League], The New York TimesKeith, Michael C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TXPG9-dA4BcC&pg=PA87 Radio Cultures: The Sound Medium in American Life], p. 87 (2008)(19 November 1932). [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2015/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Star/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Star%201932/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Star%201932%20-%204356.pdf Mrs. Julian Heath, Home Expert, Dies], The Daily Star, p. 2, col. 6