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home economics  

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  • Home economics as a movement, an academic field of study, and a profession had its birth in 1899 at the first of a series of conferences in Lake Placid, New York, initiated by Ellen Swallow Richards. Begun as a social movement to enlarge women's opportunities for scientific training and careers, it emphasized applying scientific principles to the problems of everyday living. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Home Economics]

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