Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Secret History of Home EconomicsCondition: NewSubtitle: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We LiveISBN-10: 1324021861EAN: 9781324021865ISBN: 9781324021865Publisher: WW Norton & CoFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/04/2023Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 211mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 307gAuthor: Danielle DreilingerGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, HistoryRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Secret History of Home Economics
Title: The Secret History of Home Economics
Subtitle: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed th
ISBN-10: 1324021861
EAN: 9781324021865
ISBN: 9781324021865
Release Date: 04/04/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Secret History of Home Economics : How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Topic: Women, United States / 20th Century, United States / 19th Century, Social History
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: History
Item Weight: 10.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Danielle Dreilinger
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
