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

by Danielle Dreilinger

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

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Publication date

May 04, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9781324004493