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The Secret History of Home Economics How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

Danielle Dreilinger

An NPR Favorite History Book of 2021 The term “home economics” may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century...

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The hosts noted that Danielle Drellinger authored The Secret History of Home Economics, which explores the hidden aspects of homeeconomics history and its impact on practices like fostering babies for research.

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And apparently there's a writer, a historian named Danielle Drellinger, who wrote a book, The Secret History of Home Economics. And she said that for adoptive parents who would go to a foster home, th...

— Episode: What We Lost When We Lost Home Ec

Episode: What We Lost When We Lost Home Ec

The hosts noted that Danielle Drellinger authored The Secret History of Home Economics, which explores the hidden aspects of homeeconomics history and its impact on practices like fostering babies for research.

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And apparently there's a writer, a historian named Danielle Drellinger, who wrote a book, The Secret History of Home Economics. And she said that for adoptive parents who would go to a foster home, they'd show up and be like, you got any one of them babies that's been in the home economic classes? Heck yeah, man.

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