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The Secret History of Home Economics - How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live (Hardcover)
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The Secret History of Home Economics - How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live (Hardcover)
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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.
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