Dreilinger, Danielle, <br/><br/>
The Secret History of Home Economics    [electronic  resource] : 
Danielle Dreilinger. 
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 - 1 online resource (xv, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of  plates) :  illustrations. 
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<br/><br/> "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 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 that were otherwise foreclosed. In The Secret History of Home Economics, Danielle Dreilinger traces the fields history from small farms to the White House, from Victorian suffragists to Palo Alto techies. 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 Black women who were influential leaders and innovators. She also looks at the personal lives of home economics women, as they chose being single, shared lives with women, or tried for egalitarian marriages. This groundbreaking and engaging history restores a maligned subject to its rightful importance"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781324004509 1324004509 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>0027080392  Baker & Taylor  https://boundless.baker- taylor.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Home economists--United States--Biography.<br/>Housekeepers--United States--Biography.<br/>Women scientists--United States--Biography.<br/>Home economics--United States--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Home Econimics<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TX139  / .D74 2021eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>640.92