Those readers whose memories of home economics class are dominated by muffin tins and sewing machines might be surprised to learn about Caroline Hunt, an early innovator in the field. Hunt had no ...

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 ...

A guy at dinner not so long ago was bemoaning the passing of “the good ol’ days.” He was a good bit older than me and no doubt wiser.I don’t think I really understood what he meant until I found an ...

Home economics has come a long way, baby. In fact, it hasn’t been called that since 1994, when the name of the teaching discipline was changed to family consumer science. Coincidentally or not, that ...