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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.
Subjects:	Home economists > United States > Biography. Housekeepers > United States > Biography. Women scientists > United States > Biography. Home economics > United States > History. HOUSE & HOME / General. Home economics. Home economists. Housekeepers. Women scientists. United States. Biographies. History.

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