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Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Library of Home Economics: Personal hygiene, by Maurice Le Bosquet
Author: The Library of Home Economics: Elliott, S. Maria. Household hygiene
Author: The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live
Author: Danielle DreilingerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324004509
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term “home economics” may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople. And it has something to teach us today. In the surprising, often fiercely feminist and always fascinating The Secret History of Home Economics, Danielle Dreilinger traces the field’s history from Black colleges to Eleanor Roosevelt to Okinawa, from a Betty Crocker brigade to DIY techies. These women—and they were mostly women—became chemists and marketers, studied nutrition, health, and exercise, tested parachutes, created astronaut food, and took bold steps in childhood development and education. Home economics followed the currents of American culture even as it shaped them. Dreilinger brings forward the racism within the movement along with the strides taken by women of color who were influential leaders and innovators. She also looks at the personal lives of home economics’ women, as they chose to be single, share lives with other women, or try for egalitarian marriages. This groundbreaking and engaging history restores a denigrated subject to its rightful importance, as it reminds us that everyone should learn how to cook a meal, balance their account, and fight for a better world.
Bulletin
Author: A Study of Home-economics Education in Teacher-training Institutions for Negroes
Author: Carrie Alberta LyfordPublisher:
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Category : African American teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
House Beautiful
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
... Annual Report of the State Board of Agriculture, Made to the General Assembly at Its ... Session, ...
Author: Rhode Island. Board of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Bulletin of the University of Rhode Island
Author: Reports
Author: Rhode Island. Board of AgriculturePublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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