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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Bibliographic Details
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.

Table of Contents:

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.