Last March, Lisa Grunwald published a novel, which explores the fascinating and popular University classes that used practice babies borrowed from orphanages in practice houses to teach young home economics majors the science of motherhood. Doris Mitchell recalls her experience as a practice mother. [more inside]
posted by Blasdelb on Feb 24, 2011 - 21 comments

Home-Ec 101 is a sweet blog about all things domestic. Let Ivy help out with those stank shoes. Ph33r Heather's mad dishwasher repair skillz. Get some quick tips, or even ask a stupid question. Of course, no home-econ blog would be complete without recipes.
posted by owhydididoit on Mar 23, 2007 - 7 comments

Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition and History (HEARTH). From Cornell University, HEARTH is an internet resource collecting home economics texts from 1850 to 1950, including Meals that cook themselves and cut the costs, by Christine Frederick (1915), and The young woman's guide to excellence, by William A. Alcott (1852), as well as the Journal of Home Economics from 1909 to 1980.
posted by monju_bosatsu on Apr 11, 2005 - 6 comments