HOUSECRAFT SCIENCE

By U. JOINO

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I HOME ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND OUTREACH 1 KNOWLEDGE, MISSION, PRACTICE: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF HOME ECONOMICS 2 EXTENDING KNOWLEDGE, CHANGING LIVES: COOPERATIVE EXTENSION FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES 3 HOME ECONOMICS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A CASE OF LOST IDENTITY? II ACHIEVING WELL-BEING THROUGH FOOD AND CLOTHING 4 OUR OWN FOOD: FROM CANNING CLUBS TO COMMUNITY GARDENS 5 WEIGHING IN ABOUT WEIGHT: ADVISORY POWER IN THE BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS 6 FROM THE WAR ON HUNGER TO THE FIGHT AGAINST OBESITY 8 NEW PATTERNS FOR WOMEN’S CLOTHING: CONSUMPTION VERSUS SUSTAINABILITY III RACE AND GENDER IN HOME ECONOMICS CAREERS 11 SCIENCE MATTERS: HOME ECONOMICS AND STEM FIELDS OF STUDY IV HOME ECONOMICS IDENTITY AND CONTINUITY 12 CHANGING NAMES, KEEPING IDENTITY 13 BUILDING A LEGACY IN STONE: ROCKS IN THE ROAD 14 LOOKING AROUND, THINKING AHEAD