During this time, Green participated in events across the country dressed as a stereotypical mammy archetype. The original actress to portray Aunt Jemima for the company was a former slave from K entucky named Nancy Green, who played the character from 1890 until her death in 1923. Underwood, creators of the self-rising flour, named the recipe “Aunt Jemima’s recipe” after watching a minstrel show that featured a Southern mammy named Jemima.
1890: Aunt Jemima for Aunt Jemima Pancake MixĪunt Jemima pancake mix debuted in 1889, though the inspiration for the character came from a minstrel show that occurred in 1875.
