Inventor. She is credited for being the co-inventor and promoter of the powdered soft drink Kool-Aid with her husband Edwin Elijah Perkins. They created it in their home in Hastings, Nebraska during The Great Depression, both as a source of income for themselves, and as a "poor man's" soda pop for families on next-to-nothing budgets.
Inventor. She is credited for being the co-inventor and promoter of the powdered soft drink Kool-Aid with her husband Edwin Elijah Perkins. They created it in their home in Hastings, Nebraska during The Great Depression, both as a source of income for themselves, and as a "poor man's" soda pop for families on next-to-nothing budgets.
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