Adelaide Hoodless : domestic crusader /

Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, lifelong crusader for the recognition of the domestic sciences (cooking, sewing, childcare and housework) and an early proponent of home economics in Canada, was considered one of the radical new woman of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She helped turn th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacDonald, Cheryl, 1952-2016
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Press, 1986.
Colección:Dundurn lives.
Temas:
Hoodless, Adelaide, > 1857-1910.
Hoodless, Adelaide, > 1857-1910
Home economists > Canada > Biography.
Women social reformers > Canada > Biography.
Women > Canada > Societies and clubs > History.
Home economics > Study and teaching > Canada > History.
Women > Canada > Social conditions.
Conseillers en économie domestique > Canada > Biographies.
Réformatrices sociales > Canada > Biographies.
Femmes > Canada > Associations > Histoire.
Économie domestique > Étude et enseignement > Canada > Histoire.
Femmes > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Home economics > Study and teaching.
Home economists.
Women > Social conditions.
Women social reformers.
Women > Societies and clubs.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; 1. A Young Victorian Matron; 2. Early Work with the YWCA; 3. Council of Women; 4. Cooking classes at the YWCA; 5. A School of Domestic Science; 6. A Controversial Crusade; 7. The Campaign Heats Up; 8. Two New Organizations; 9. The Little Red Book; 10. Conquest by Charm; 11. A Trip to England; 12. A School for Domestic Science Teachers; 13. An Ambitious Project; 14. More Victories; 15. Trials and Tantrums; 16. Macdonald Institute; 17. Trade School Advisor; 18. "The Gratitude of the Citizens"; Epilogue; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration and Photograph Credits.

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