The secret history of home economics : how trailblazing women harnessed the power of home and changed the way we live /

"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 cakes. But obscured by common conception is the story of the revolutionary scienc...

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Main Author: Dreilinger, Danielle (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Everything you know about home economics is wrong -- The road to home economics -- The Lake Placid Conference -- Food will win the war -- Perhaps it wasn't really a man's job after all -- It's up to the women -- Clothes moths work for Hitler -- From coveralls to housecoats -- The iron fist in the oven mitt -- Selling Mrs. Housewife -- New directions -- New homemakers build the future -- Beyond stitching and stirring -- Addressing the enemy -- Home economics at risk -- What would Ellen do? -- How to bring back home ec. 
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