home economics movement
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The home economics movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century reform effort that professionalized domestic skills like cooking, nutrition, and household management through scientific principles and formal education, particularly for women.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| home economics movement canonical | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational reform movement
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social reform movement ⓘ women’s movement ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
improving efficiency of household labor
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improving family health and nutrition ⓘ preparing women for roles as homemakers and wage earners ⓘ providing vocational training for women ⓘ raising status of domestic work ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
domestic science
ⓘ
family and consumer sciences ⓘ home economics ⓘ |
| hasMainFocus |
child care and family relations
ⓘ
consumer education ⓘ cooking education ⓘ household management ⓘ nutrition education ⓘ professionalization of domestic work ⓘ sanitation and hygiene in the home ⓘ scientific management of the home ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent | Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics ⓘ |
| hasNotableOrganization | American Home Economics Association ⓘ |
| hasNotableProponent |
Ellen Swallow Richards
ⓘ
Flora Rose ⓘ Martha Van Rensselaer ⓘ Melvil Dewey ⓘ |
| implementedThrough |
college and university departments
ⓘ
cooperative extension programs ⓘ land-grant colleges ⓘ secondary school courses ⓘ settlement houses ⓘ women’s clubs ⓘ |
| influenced |
consumer protection efforts
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domestic science curricula ⓘ extension services in rural communities ⓘ home economics education ⓘ household technology adoption ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Progressive Era
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surface form:
Progressive Era reform
nutrition science ⓘ public health movement ⓘ scientific management ⓘ women’s higher education movement ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Progressive Era
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surface form:
Progressive Era domestic reform
domestic science movement ⓘ scientific housekeeping ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| startTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| typicalParticipant |
female college students
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middle-class women ⓘ rural farm women ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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