home economics
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And appliances that reduced some labor often raised the bar: more frequent washing, more cleaning, more elaborate meals, as University of Chicago home economics professor Hazel Kyrk described in “Economic Problems of the Family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
She also organized the annual Lake Placid Conference from 1899 to 1908, which defined the field of home economics and framed domestic work as worthy of research and public funding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
She was described as "academically minded" with a flair for English, French, home economics and geography.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
According to the Craft Industry Alliance, by 2012 only 3.5 million students were enrolled in home economics classes nationwide, a decrease of 38% over the prior decade.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2024
“Very nice,” he said after he unwrapped the heavy gray socks she’d knitted in home economics.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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