"As a radical feminist, I am here addressing the enemy,” activist Robin Morgan told the American Home Economics Association convention in 1972. She believed that home ec had turned women into “a limp, ...

These are symptoms of a rocky economy, of course, but they suggest another diagnosis as well: Many young Americans now lack the domestic savvy that it takes to thrive. The basics of cooking, shopping, ...

Long, long ago, in a land without cell phones, iPads, internet, social media, or really good takeout, Southern girls took Home Ec (as in Home Economics). And while it was likely the aim of school ...

NORTH BLOOMFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) – A home economics class teaches important life skills, but fewer schools are teaching them. Bloomfield High School has found a way to make it relevant and have it make a ...

Math, science, history and English are all important school subjects for success in the world and the workplace. But “home ec,” short for home economics, also teaches life skills that everyone needs.