| Description |
xx, 283 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Only a girl -- 2. Drudgifying housework -- 3. The rise of home economics and scientific management -- 4. Conceiving a career -- 5. Promoting industry to save the home -- 6. Expounding the business ethic -- 7. Accommodating progressivism -- 8. A world wide lecturer -- 9. Reframing women's role in the twenties -- 10. Becoming Mrs. Consumer -- 11. Private life -- 12. Selling out Mrs. Consumer -- 13. The twilight of a career -- 14. Re-creation and legacy. |
| Subject |
Frederick, Christine, 1883-1970.
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Frederick, Christine, 1883-1970. |
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Home economics.
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Home economics. |
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Frederick, Christine -- Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0820324809 paperback alkaline paper |
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0820324493 hardcover alkaline paper |
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