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About Jeanne Rose
- Jeanne Rose (born 9 January 1937) is an herbalist/aromatherapist who changed the current practice of American herbalism when she began her public work in 1969 with the publication of her first book, Herbs & Things, Jeanne Rose's Herbal.
- She began her herbal career in California as an undergraduate with studies in botany and science and a degree from San Jose State College.
- She went on to graduate work in Marine Biology and Ecology.
- In 1969, she wrote the first modern book of Herbalism, Herbs & Things.
- She taught herbs and aromatherapy at the University of California Extension throughout the 1970s and privately throughout the United States.
- She has lived in San Francisco since 1967 and established a herbal/aromatic garden and study center.
- Becoming concerned about the environment and the production of aromatic plants, she organized the aromatherapy industry and a group, The Aromatic Plant Project, to support local and organic production of aromatic plants; to provide resources for growers and distillers; to ensure high quality aromatherapy products and to educate consumers as to the appropriate and beneficial uses of these aromatic products. Rose is the author of over 20 books, including Herbs & Things, The Herbal Body Book, The Aromatherapy Book, and Jeanne Rose's Herbal Guide to Food, and she has taught herbs, aromatherapy and distillation extensively throughout the U.S.
- She organized and was President of the first large Aromatherapy organization in the United States, NAHA, and speaks widely at many other events and conferences.
- She teaches distillation techniques for quality essential oils throughout various parts of the world.
- The word, 'hydrosol' as used for the waters of distillation, was first used and put in place by Jeanne Rose in 1990.
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