'Household Administration, Its Place in the Higher Education of Women' is a treatise on the running of households. It endeavors to define the importance and scope of household administration in the twentieth century, which, when analysed into its component parts, is found intimately to concern the right conduct and domestic care of individual human lives, from their inception to their close. Topics covered range from: the history of households and the place of women; science in households; the economics of households; practical hygiene; as well as a look at the domestic arts of needlework and dress making.

"This book aims to give women the frank, supportive advice they need to advance in their careers and to lead with excellence. Based on the author's fifteen years of senior leadership experience at three different colleges and her mentorship work with dozens of women, this book guides women through launching, building, and advancing an academic career"--