The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live 1324004495, 9781324004493

The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term “hom

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The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live
1324004495, 9781324004493

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