“Home ec.” The words conjure images of high school girls concocting muffins, stitching aprons, dutifully preparing for life as wives and mothers. Forget all that. In her revelatory new book “The ...

A guy at dinner not so long ago was bemoaning the passing of “the good ol’ days.” He was a good bit older than me and no doubt wiser.I don’t think I really understood what he meant until I found an ...

Danielle Dreilinger's "The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live" is a fascinating history of the field and of the ...

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 ...

One of Ireland's most famous Home Economics teachers, Laura Healy, gave her expert advice to all the Leaving Cert students on Drivetime Stud Hub and you could say she knows a lot on the subject. It's ...

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 ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Virginia Postrel THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power ...

There’s an excerpt from a home economics textbook, reportedly used in public schools during the 1950s, that’s being passed around the workplace four decades later. It’s titled, “To Be a Good Wife.” ...