Home economics, or family and consumer sciences, is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as well as textiles and apparel.
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Home economics courses are offered around the world and across multiple educational levels.
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Home economics was taught to girls in the junior cycle of secondary school in the 20th century.
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One of the first to champion the economics of running a home was Catherine Beecher, sister to Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Home economics allowed for women to receive a better education while preparing them for a life of settling down, doing the chores, and taking care of the children while their husbands became the breadwinners.
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However, home economics was still dominated by women and women had little access to other vocational trainings.
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Home economics courses started being taught across the nation to both boys and girls by way of the rise of second-wave feminism.
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Also, homemaking and home economics courses have developed a negative connotation because of the negative gender bias associated with home economics courses.
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Some schools are starting to incorporate life skill courses back into their curriculum, but as a whole, home economics courses have been in major decline in the past century.
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