Rethinking Home Economics Women and the History of a Profession

Name: Rethinking Home Economics Women and the History of a Profession
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ISBN: 9780801481758

ISBN-10: 0801481759

ISBN-13: 9780801481758

Edition: 1997

Authors: Sarah J. Stage, Virginia B. Vincenti

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Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 7/2/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 9.30" wide x 6.20" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Home Economics, What's in a Name?




More Than Glorified Housekeeping



Ellen Richards and the Social Significance of the Home Economics Movement




Spreading the Germ Theory: Sanitary Science and Home Economics, 1880-1930




Modernizing Mothers: Home Economics and the Parent Education Movement, 1920-1945




Women's Place: Home Economics Education



Liberal Arts or Vocational Training? Home Economics Education for Girls




The Men Move In: Home Economics in Higher Education, 1950-1970



Reminiscences




They Cannot All Be Teachers: Forging Careers in Home Economics



Home Economists in the Hospital, 1900-1930




Legitimizing Nutrition Education: The Impact of the Great Depression




"Where Mrs. Homemaker Is Never Forgotten": Lucy Maltby and Home Economics at Corning Glass Works, 1929-1965



Reminiscences




Home Economics, Race, Class, and Ethnicity



Defining the Profession and the Good Life: Home Economics on Film




Grace under Pressure: The Black Home Extension Service in South Carolina, 1919-1966



Reminiscences




Who Speaks for the Consumer? Home Economics and Business



Agents of Modernity: Home Economists and Rural Electrification, 1925-1950




Safeguarded by Your Refrigerator: Mary Eagle Pennington's Struggle with the National Association of Ice Industries




Part of the Package: Home Economists in the Consumer Product Industries, 1920-1940



Reminiscences




Home Economics Moves into the Twenty-First Century



Chronology of Events and Movements Which Have Defined and Shaped Home Economics



Suggested Reading


Contributors


Index