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Born in Pasadena, California, Child graduated from Smith College. Following her graduation from college, she worked as a copywriter and writer in advertising until joining the Office of Strategic Services during WW2 (1939-1945). Her career in cooking began with attending the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris after the war.

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