Editing Julia Child (section)

== Early life ==
Child was born Julia Carolyn McWilliams in [[Pasadena, California]], on August 15, 1912. Child's father was John McWilliams Jr. (1880–1962), a [[Princeton University]] graduate and prominent land manager. Child's mother was Julia Carolyn ("Caro") Weston (1877–1937), a paper-company heiress<ref name="pasadenastarnews_child2018">{{cite news |url=https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2018/03/11/such-a-shame-julia-childs-family-home-now-owned-by-caltrans-is-vacant-deteriorating-in-pasadena/ |title=Such a Shame: Julia Child's family home, now owned by Caltrans, is vacant, deteriorating in Pasadena |newspaper=[[Pasadena Star-News]] |first=Steve |last=Scauzillo |date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> and daughter of [[Byron Weston|Byron Curtis Weston]], a [[lieutenant governor of Massachusetts]]. Child was the eldest of three, followed by a brother, John McWilliams III, and sister, Dorothy Cousins.

Child attended [[Polytechnic School]] and [[Westridge School]] from 4th grade to 9th grade in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref name="pasadenastarnews_child2018"/> In high school, Child was sent to the [[The Branson School|Katherine Branson School]] in [[Ross, California]], which was at the time a boarding school.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baker-Clark| first1=Charles A.| title=Profiles from the kitchen: what great cooks have taught us about ourselves and our food| year=2006| publisher=University Press of Kentucky| location=Lexington| isbn=978-0-8131-2398-1| page=[https://archive.org/details/profilesfromkitc00char/page/52 52]|url=https://archive.org/details/profilesfromkitc00char| url-access=registration| access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> Child played tennis, golf, and basketball as a youth.

Child also played sports while attending [[Smith College]] in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], from which she graduated in 1934 with a major in history.<ref name= "Archive Interview">{{cite video |people=Michael Rosen (interviewer) |title=Julia Child&nbsp;– Archive Interview, part 1 of 6 |medium=video |publisher=[[Archive of American Television]] |date=June 25, 1999 <!--| time: 00:22--> |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3u1ljheBtY |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408175729/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3u1ljheBtY |archive-date=April 8, 2010 |access-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smith.edu/newssmith/fall2004/child.php |title=Farewell, "French Chef" |publisher=[[Smith College]] |work=NewsSmith |date=Fall 2004}}</ref> At the time she graduated, she planned to become a novelist, or perhaps a magazine writer.<ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last= Chavez|title = Julia Child, Whose TV Shows Taught Millions to Cook Dies at 91|work = Greenfield (Massachusetts) Recorder|date= August 14, 2004|page= 14}}</ref> Following her graduation from college, Child moved to New York City, where she worked for a time as a [[copywriter]] for the advertising department of [[W. & J. Sloane]]. She was still hoping to become a novelist.<ref>Sheryl Julian, "Julia Child, A Chef for Everyone, Dies," ''Boston Globe'', August 14, 2004, pp. A1, B5.</ref>

While Child grew up in a family with a cook, she did not observe or learn cooking from this person, and she would not learn until she met her husband-to-be, Paul, who grew up in a family very interested in food.<ref name="Fresh Air">{{cite episode |title=Interview with Julia Child |air-date=October 7, 1983 |url=http://39ea54ff11b298f9bcaa-1b99eba380497722926169d6da8b098e.r2.cf5.rackcdn.com/2016/FA19831007-C.mp3 |series=[[Fresh Air]] with Terry Gross |network= [[NPR]] |station=[[WHYY-FM]] |oclc=959925340 |quote="Scroll down to 'View online' to hear the audio of the interview." |access-date=October 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011141317/http://39ea54ff11b298f9bcaa-1b99eba380497722926169d6da8b098e.r2.cf5.rackcdn.com/2016/FA19831007-C.mp3 |archive-date=October 11, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>