Home Economics
 
  • From Domesticity to Medernity: What Was Home Economics?
    This site attempts to explain how home economics at Cornell University served as a bridge from domesticity in the 19th century to modernity in the 20th century.

  • Hearth.
    A home economics archive from Cornell University. This site contains a searchable full-text database of books and journals in home economics and related disciplines published as early as 1850.

  • Home Ec 101 - What You Wish Your Mama Taught You.
    Tips on how to "clean it," "cook it," "fix it," and/or "wash it."

  • The New Homemaker.
    Practical advice for men and/or women who have chosen to stay at home and raise their children. Reinventing the household arts, this site includes frugal living tips, cleaning, organizing, and money management ideas.

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