TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dreilinger,Danielle
ED  - 
TI  - The Secret History of Home Economics
SN  - 9781324004509
AV  - TX139 .D74 2021eb
U1  - 640.92 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
KW  - Home economists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Housekeepers
KW  - Women scientists
KW  - Home economics
KW  - History
KW  - Home Econimics
KW  - local
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
N2  - "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"--
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ER  -