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Several women with a spinning wheel and a large loom.
African-American women weaving in
home economics class - Hampton
Institute, Va. (1899 or 1900)

Prints & Photographs Division,
Library of Congress.

Woman washing clothes in a  wringer washing machine.
Washington, D.C. Home economics
at the Woodrow Wilson High School. Prints & Photographs Division,
Library of Congress.

Several women at a long table, cooking on portable burners.
Cooking School at the State
Normal College, Natchitoches, La.
Prints & Photographs Division,
Library of Congress.

Home Economics

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American Confections:Selected Titles on the Art of Confectionery, 1825-1938 - Science Reference Guide

American Church, Club and Community Cookbooks: Selected Titles from the General Collections - Science Reference Guide

BBQ History: A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide

Beer and Brewing: A Guide to Selected Resources - Science Reference Guide

Chocolate: A Resource Guide - Science Reference Guide

Cooking with Love and Chocolate: A Valentine's Day Exhibit

Food History - Science Tracer Bullet  04-1

Food Writing: A Resource Guide - Science Reference Guide

History of Household Technology - Science Tracer Bullet  03-4   

Home Maintenance, Repair and Improvement - Science Tracer Bullet  95-3

Ice Cream -- Selected Internet Resources

Pesticides and Food - Science Tracer Bullet  94-5

Picnics: Selected Titles -- Science Reference Guide

Presidential Food: Selected Resource Guide - Science Reference Guide

Solar Ovens and Solar Cooking - Science Reference Guide

Webcast: "Barbecue: A History of the World's Oldest Culinary Art"
Steven Raichlen, author of the best-selling Barbecue! Bible discussed
his latest book.

Webcast: The History of Household Technology with Constance Carter
The head of the Science Reference Service at the Library of Congress surveys
the use and development of household appliances throughout the years.

Webcast: Judith Joness speaks about her book, "The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food."

Webcast: "A Thousand Years over a Hot Stove" - Laura Schenone,
food writer, spoke about her book on the history of women and cooking.

Webcast: "Women's History and Food History: New Ways of Seeing American Life." - A presentation by Barbara Haber, distinguished women's history librarian and culinary historian.
Booklists featured at the presentation:
   Women & Food History - Science Research Guide (September, 2006)
   Gastronomy: Rare Books - Science Research Guide (September, 2006)

What is "freezer burn?" Everyday Mysteries

Who invented the toothbrush and when was it invented?
Everyday Mysteries

Who invented frozen food? Everyday Mysteries

Who invented the TV dinner? Everyday Mysteries


Other resources to check:

Databases - Many are available only on Library premises; some are freely available elsewhere:
Science & Technology Databases | Electronic Journals, Newspapers & Books

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