Early Life
Fred Harvey was born to mixed Scottish and English parents, and immigrated into the United States from Liverpool, England in 1853 at the age of 17. He took a job in New York as a pot scrubber and busboy at Smith and McNewill Café. This early entry into the world of food service would have large impacts later in his life. He moved from New York to New Orleans and survived a bout with yellow fever and then to St. Louis where he worked in a jewelry store. It was during this time that he met his wife, Barbara Sarah Mattas, with whom he would have a total of six children.
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“... business training in early life should not be regarded solely as insurance against destitution in the case of an emergency. For from business experience women can gain, too, knowledge of the world and of human beings, which should be of immeasurable value to their marriage careers. Self-discipline, co-operation, adaptability, efficiency, economic management,—if she learns these in her business life she is liable for many less heartbreaks and disappointments in her married life.”
—Hortense Odlum (1892–?)