The concept of "home economics" covers a lot of territory: It encompasses how we cook, eat, clean, make clothing and furniture, raise children, grow vegetables or pretty much everything else involved ...
In her new book, “The Secret History of Home Economics,” Danielle Dreilinger challenges common perceptions of a once-thriving profession. In her new book, “The Secret History of Home Economics: How ...
Home economics has come a long way, baby. In fact, it hasn’t been called that since 1994, when the name of the teaching discipline was changed to family consumer science. Coincidentally or not, that ...