Stir It Up: Home Economics in American Culture

by Megan J. Elias

Book Overview

For Americans who came of age in the mid-twentieth century, home economics conjures memories of burnt toast and sewing disasters. But as historian Megan Elias shows in Stir It Up, home economics began as an idealistic reform movement in higher education in the early 1900s. Leaders of this movement sought to discover and disseminate the best methods for performing domestic work while creating new professional options for women that were based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812221214
• ISBN13: 9780812221213
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"