Many millennials who took a home economics class in middle or high school considered it to be boring and a waste of time. However, it’s a class that provided valuable information that we need to ...

Home economics is not just sourdough bread and sewing machines. The oft-misunderstood field spans science and nutrition and promotes that cooking and cleaning is undervalued as a form of labor.

“Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman to go to MIT — that alone blew my mind,” Dreilinger said. “And she set a standard for what home economics could be and how it started — a ...

The American Home Economics Association (AHEA) — which settled on the name "home economics" — was formed by a group of 10 white people in 1899. The organization was not fully integrated ...

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 ...