In 1955, Young America Films, an educational and instructional video production company, released a nine-minute short simply titled, “Why Study Home Economics?” It opens on two high school-aged ...

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 ...

Regarding Barbara Spindel’s review of Danielle Dreilinger’s “The Secret History of Home Economics” (Bookshelf, May 3): I have interacted with many young adults and frequently lamented the demise of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. "The Secret History of Home Economics" By Danielle Dreilinger Published by Norton, 348 pages, $27.95 Danielle Dreilinger’s “The ...

By Danielle Dreilinger Published by Norton, 348 pages, $27.95 Danielle Dreilinger’s “The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We ...

"The Secret History of Home Economics" by: Danielle Dreilinger; W.W. Norton, 348 pages, $27.95. Danielle Dreilinger's "The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power ...

Balancing checkbooks? Cooking healthy food? Raising kids and diapering babies? Building healthy friendships? A lot of those basic skills we call "adulting"? There used to be a name for the class that ...