Rethinking Home Economics

, by Stage, Sarah; Vincenti, Virginia B.

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ISBN: 9780801429712 | 0801429714
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Copyright: 5/1/1997

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Preface

(2)

Francille M. Firebaugh

Joan Jacobs Brumberg

Acknowledgments

Introduction Home Economics, What's in a Name?

(14)

SARAH STAGE

Section I More Than Glorified Housekeeping

(62)

1 Ellen Richards and the Social Significance of the Home Economics Movement

(17)

SARAH STAGE

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

(21)

NANCY TOMES

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

(22)

JULIA GRANT

Section II Women's Place: Home Economics Education

(46)

4 Liberal Arts or Vocational Training? Home Economics Education for Girls

(17)

RIMA D. APPLE

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

(27)

MARGARET W. ROSSITER

Reminiscences

118

(5)

Marjorie East

Section III They Cannot All Be Teachers: Forging Careers in Home Economics

123

(64)

6 Home Economists in the Hospital, 1900-1930

125

(20)

LYNN K. NYHART

7 Legitimizing Nutrition Education: The Impact of the Great Depression

145

(18)

KATHLEEN R. BABBITT

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

163

(24)

REGINA LEE BLASZCZYK

Reminiscences

181

(6)

Hazel Reed

Section IV Home Economics, Race, Class, and Ethnicity

187

(48)

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

189

(14)

JOAN JACOBS BRUMBERG

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

203

(26)

CARMEN HARRIS

Reminiscences

229

(6)

Genevieve J. Wheeler Thomas

Section V Who Speaks for the Consumer? Home Economics and Business

235

(86)

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

237

(16)

RONALD R. KLINE

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

253

(18)

LISA MAE ROBINSON

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

271

(26)

CAROLYN M. GOLDSTEIN

Reminiscences

297

(4)

Satenig St. Marie

14 Home Economics Moves into the Twenty-First Century

301

(20)

VIRGINIA B. VINCENTI

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

321

(10)

VIRGINIA B. VINCENTI

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