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Domestic science   /dəmˈɛstɪk sˈaɪəns/   Listen
Domestic science

noun
1.
Theory and practice of homemaking.  Synonyms: home ec, home economics, household arts.






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"Domestic science" Quotes from Famous Books



... subjects, including domestic science and manual training, as to their ability to train (1) reproductive and ...
— The Mind and Its Education • George Herbert Betts

... domestic science school was organized in Europe in the year 1865 at Goteborg. At first all the mothers were opposed to these schools, but they soon favored them. One cannot enter these schools without a diploma from the ...
— A Journey Through France in War Time • Joseph G. Butler, Jr.

... small but critical minority in favor of Anne Shirley. Ethel Marr was admitted by all competent judges to have the most stylish modes of hair-dressing, and Jane Andrews—plain, plodding, conscientious Jane—carried off the honors in the domestic science course. Even Josie Pye attained a certain preeminence as the sharpest-tongued young lady in attendance at Queen's. So it may be fairly stated that Miss Stacy's old pupils held their own in the wider arena of ...
— Anne Of Green Gables • Lucy Maud Montgomery



Words linked to "Domestic science" :   home economics, social science



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