Beyond the Domestic Sphere: Home Economics and the Education of Women at Maryland State College

dc.contributor.advisorEnoch, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorSinger, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-02T02:18:45Z
dc.date.available2012-03-02T02:18:45Z
dc.date.issued2012-03-01
dc.description.abstractMy paper, Beyond the Domestic Sphere: Home Economics and the Education of Women at Maryland State College, encompasses an exploration of the history of women's education at what is now University of Maryland, College Park. I argue that the language surrounding women's education at Maryland affirmed the need for a scientific education for women while reinforcing stereotypical gender boundaries. I assess the similarities and differences between the women's Home Economics course curriculum and that of other traditional scientific disciplines, including engineering, agriculture, and more to recognize the true "science" required to earn a degree in domestic science.In addition, I draw connections between the history of co-education at Maryland and the passage of the Morrill and Smith-Lever Acts, which made public education possible and eventually brought the first few, privileged women students to Maryland.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12435
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectUniversity of Marylanden_US
dc.subjectUMDen_US
dc.subjecteconomicsen_US
dc.subjectcurriculumen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subjectMorrill and Smith-Lever Actsen_US
dc.subjectpublic educationen_US
dc.subjectMaryland State Collegeen_US
dc.titleBeyond the Domestic Sphere: Home Economics and the Education of Women at Maryland State Collegeen_US
dc.typeResearch paperen_US

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