Liberating Home Economics

I have been up since about 8:30 a.m. on this last day of a two-week vacation. To celebrate a great time, or maybe to resist my return to wo...

Well, I preserved 12 quart-sized jars of apples, peaches, pears, and plums in alcohol in early September, expecting them to be ready for lat...

Today was an important day in the economy of my home in relation to my food options as Autumn takes hold and Winter looms only a few months ...

Today I visited my farmer's market, and like always, I enjoyed it. But today it really just hit me how such a small market has SO MUCH!...

As the economy has turned sour overall, it seems that more and more there are articles about women and economic behaviors. Specifically the...

As I proceed with writing a dissertation on the early roots of the shift of American households from places of production to containers of c...

What does home economics mean? What does it mean to you? Is it practical, or philosophical, or both? What do you remember from your home ...

Well, it's that time to provide another list of good books on the topic of home economics, , and in this case the development of the ...

Today, ToDay, TODAY! - learn home economics in just 5, easy to implement steps! Your neighbors are doing it, and so can you! Really? Thank...

I am researching information in some early 20th century publications generally entitled, The Farmer's Wife. It is basically a magazine ...

Well, if you know anything about the history of consumer patterns, advertising, and its development, you already know - without consulting a...

Here is a link to the morning session of the Women in Finance Symposium held by the US Department of the Treasury on March 29, 2010. You can...

From The Farmer's Almanac e-newsletter, January 12, 2010: "In this winter season, we contemplate the words of this Almanac's f...

I picked up a book by Sarah A. Gorden entitled, "Make It Yourself: Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture 1890-1930". I haven't rea...

Here is a link to an interview with Gail Collins who recently published the book When Everything Changed. It's a history of American wo...