home economics movement

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The home economics movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century reform effort that professionalized domestic skills like cooking, nutrition, and household management through scientific principles and formal education, particularly for women.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf educational reform movement ⓘ
social reform movement ⓘ
women’s movement ⓘ
aimedAt improving efficiency of household labor ⓘ
improving family health and nutrition ⓘ
preparing women for roles as homemakers and wage earners ⓘ
providing vocational training for women ⓘ
raising status of domestic work ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork domestic science ⓘ
family and consumer sciences ⓘ
home economics ⓘ
hasMainFocus child care and family relations ⓘ
consumer education ⓘ
cooking education ⓘ
household management ⓘ
nutrition education ⓘ
professionalization of domestic work ⓘ
sanitation and hygiene in the home ⓘ
scientific management of the home ⓘ
hasNotableEvent Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics ⓘ
hasNotableOrganization American Home Economics Association ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Ellen Swallow Richards ⓘ
Flora Rose ⓘ
Martha Van Rensselaer ⓘ
Melvil Dewey ⓘ
implementedThrough college and university departments ⓘ
cooperative extension programs ⓘ
land-grant colleges ⓘ
secondary school courses ⓘ
settlement houses ⓘ
women’s clubs ⓘ
influenced consumer protection efforts ⓘ
domestic science curricula ⓘ
extension services in rural communities ⓘ
home economics education ⓘ
household technology adoption ⓘ
influencedBy Progressive Era reform ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era

nutrition science ⓘ
public health movement ⓘ
scientific management ⓘ
women’s higher education movement ⓘ
relatedConcept Progressive Era domestic reform ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era

domestic science movement ⓘ
scientific housekeeping ⓘ
significantPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ
typicalParticipant female college students ⓘ
middle-class women ⓘ
rural farm women ⓘ

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Boston Cooking School → movement → home economics movement ⓘ
Janet McKenzie Hill → movement → home economics movement ⓘ