Selling Mrs. Consumer
Subtitle: Christine Frederick & the rise of household efficiency
By: Janice Williams Rutherford.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Athens, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Frederick, Christine, -- b. 1883 -- Biography; Frederick, Christine -- Biography; Home economics
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Only a girl; title: 2. Drudgifying housework; title: 3. The rise of home economics and scientific management; title: 4. Conceiving a career; title: 5. Promoting industry to save the home; title: 6. Expounding the business ethic; title: 7. Accommodating progressivism; title: 8. A world wide lecturer; title: 9. Reframing women's role in the twenties; title: 10. Becoming Mrs. Consumer; title: 11. Private life; title: 12. Selling out Mrs. Consumer; title: 13. The twilight of a career; title: 14. Re-creation and legacy.