Toward Better Teaching of Home Economics

Toward Better Teaching of Home Economics
Title Toward Better Teaching of Home Economics PDF eBook
Author Henrietta Christina Fleck
Publisher New York : Macmillan
Pages 424
Release 1968
Genre Home economics
ISBN

Download Toward Better Teaching of Home Economics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live
Title The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live PDF eBook
Author Danielle Dreilinger
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 326
Release 2021-05-04
Genre History
ISBN 1324004509

Download The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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.

Rethinking Home Economics

Rethinking Home Economics
Title Rethinking Home Economics PDF eBook
Author Sarah Stage
Publisher Cornell University Press
Pages 362
Release 2018-07-05
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1501729942

Download Rethinking Home Economics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Until recently, historians tended to dismiss home economics as little more than a conspiracy to keep women in the kitchen. This landmark volume initiates collaboration among home economists, family and consumer science professionals, and women's historians. What knits the essays together is a willingness to revisit the subject of home economics with neither indictment nor apology. The volume includes significant new work that places home economics in the twentieth century within the context of the development of women's professions. Rethinking Home Economics documents the evolution of a profession from the home economics movement launched by Ellen Richards in the early twentieth century to the modern field renamed Family and Consumer Sciences in 1994. The essays in this volume show the range of activities pursued under the rubric of home economics, from dietetics and parenting, teaching and cooperative extension work, to test kitchen and product development. Exploration of the ways in which gender, race, and class influenced women's options in colleges and universities, hospitals, business, and industry, as well as government has provided a greater understanding of the obstacles women encountered and the strategies they used to gain legitimacy as the field developed.

Catalog

Catalog
Title Catalog PDF eBook
Author Food and Nutrition Information Center (U.S.)
Publisher
Pages 760
Release 1974
Genre Food
ISBN

Download Catalog Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Home Economics Education

Home Economics Education
Title Home Economics Education PDF eBook
Author Ohio State University. Center for Vocational and Technical Education
Publisher
Pages 180
Release 1972
Genre Home economics
ISBN

Download Home Economics Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Home Economics Series

Home Economics Series
Title Home Economics Series PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 916
Release 1935
Genre Home economics
ISBN

Download Home Economics Series Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Stir it Up

Stir it Up
Title Stir it Up PDF eBook
Author Megan J. Elias
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 242
Release 2008
Genre History
ISBN 9780812240795

Download Stir it Up Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Stir It Up explores the changing aims of home economics while putting the phenomena of Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, Ty Pennington, and the "Mommy Wars" into historical context.