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McGregor, Sue L. T. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2022
This article explores the history of the home economics/family and consumer sciences (HE/FCS) profession, a field that arose from the synergy created by the 20th-century Industrial Revolution (late 1800s and early 1900s). The profession was intended to strengthen and protect the home and family from the vagaries of scientific and technological…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Educational History, Humanization, Quality of Life