Lappé, Frances Moore

During the late 1960s vegetarianism surged in popularity in the United States. People turned to meatless meals for better health, for the advancement of animal rights, and as a way to help fight hunger in America and around the world. The promulgation of this third view can largely be credited to social-worker-turned-social-activist Frances Moore Lappé (1944– ). Born in Pendleton, Oregon, in 1944, Moore attended Earlham College in Indiana. Upon graduation in 1966, she moved to west Philadelphia, where she became a social worker. The following year, she married toxicologist and medical ethicist Dr. Marc Lappé and the couple moved to northern California, where she briefly attended the University of California at Berkeley.