df_f_chefs_2_para: 5
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| rowid | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | seed_first_name | seed_last_name | occupation |
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| 5 | Ethelynde | Gorshin | f | Liza went to work at the governor's mansion in Little Rock in 1954, and became head cook in 1956 after Alta Faubus, Governor Orval Faubus' wife, insisted on having a woman in that position. Eliza Ashley (as she was after 1960) remained in that position until her retirement in December 1990, except for 1967-71, when Governor Winthrop Rockefeller gave the job to his personal chef. Ashley's work was recognized as early as 1974, when December 20th was declared "Eliza Jane Ashley Day" by Governor Dale Bumpers. She was given the key to the city of Lonoke, Arkansas in 1986; North Little Rock, Arkansas celebrated "Liza Ashley Day" on August 25, 1994, and she was proclaimed the "Countess of Pulaski" in 1997. Ashley visited the Clintons in the White House several times during the Clinton administration. Ashley was profiled in Ebony Magazine in the July 1989 issue. In 1985 Ashley and mansion administrator Carolyn Huber published a cookbook entitled Thirty Years at the Mansion, which led to Ashley appearing on Good Morning America and being interviewed on CNN. The book has been reprinted several times. | Ashley was born Eliza Jane Burnett, the daughter of William and Eliza Jane Burnett, on the Oldham Plantation in Lonoke County, Arkansas. She learned to cook from her grandmother, the Oldham's cook. She married Calvin Dodson in 1933 on the Oldham Plantation. In 1942 she left the plantation and worked at a variety of housekeeping and cooking jobs. In 1951 her only child, Louis Calvin Dodson, was born in Little Rock. Her first marriage ended in divorce and she married Fred Ashley in 1960. She was for many years a member of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock. Sometime after her ninetieth birthday Ashley moved to California. | Gorshin was born Ethelynde Jane Burnett, the daughter of William and Ethelynde Jane Burnett, on the Oldham Plantation in Lonoke County, Arkansas. She learned to cook from her grandmother, the Oldham's cook. She married Calvin Dodson in 1933 on the Oldham Plantation. In 1942 she left the plantation and worked at a variety of housekeeping and cooking jobs. In 1951 her only child, Louis Calvin Dodson, was born in Little Rock. Her first marriage ended in divorce and she married Fred Gorshin in 1960. She was for many years a member of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock. Sometime after her ninetieth birthday Gorshin moved to California.Liza went to work at the governor's mansion in Little Rock in 1954, and became head cook in 1956 after Alta Faubus, Governor Orval Faubus' wife, insisted on having a woman in that position. Ethelynde Gorshin (as she was after 1960) remained in that position until her retirement in December 1990, except for 1967-71, when Governor Winthrop Rockefeller gave the job to his personal chef. Gorshin's work was recognized as early as 1974, when December 20th was declared "Ethelynde Jane Gorshin Day" by Governor Dale Bumpers. She was given the key to the city of Lonoke, Arkansas in 1986; North Little Rock, Arkansas celebrated "Liza Gorshin Day" on August 25, 1994, and she was proclaimed the "Countess of Pulaski" in 1997. Gorshin visited the Clintons in the White House several times during the Clinton administration. Gorshin was profiled in Ebony Magazine in the July 1989 issue. In 1985 Gorshin and mansion administrator Carolyn Huber published a cookbook entitled Thirty Years at the Mansion, which led to Gorshin appearing on Good Morning America and being interviewed on CNN. The book has been reprinted several times. | Eliza | Ashley | chefs |