Definition of Household arts

1. Noun. Theory and practice of homemaking.

Exact synonyms: Domestic Science, Home Ec, Home Economics
Generic synonyms: Social Science

Lexicographical Neighbors of Household Arts

housefather
housefathers
houseflies
housefloor
housefloors
housefly
housefront
housefronts
houseful
housefuls
houseguest
houseguests
household
household appliance
household articles
household arts (current term)
household deities
household deity
household god
household gods
household income
household linen
household name
household names
household products
householder
householders
households
househunting
househusband

Literary usage of Household arts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vocational Education of Girls and Women by Albert H. Leake (1918)
"household arts instruction without special equipment. VII. ... Two kinds of household arts instruction needed. IX. Modern methods. ..."

2. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"Education in household arts is for a business which lasts as long as life lasts, ... The household arts prepare girls for good citizenship and make of them ..."

3. Examples of Industrial Education by Frank Mitchell Leavitt (1912)
"Evening class " in an industrial, agricultural, or household-arts school shall mean a class giving such training as can be taken by persons already employed ..."

4. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1915)
"Miss Ariel M. Ewing (Normal household arts, Pratt Institute, 1908), for two years on the staff of the Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, ..."

5. Vocational Education by Emily Robison (1917)
"IX household arts Many people think of work as a necessary something, disagreeable rather ... Historical development of aims and training in household arts. ..."

6. Publication by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.), Cleveland Foundation Survey Committee, Emergency Conservation Committee (U.S.) (1916)
"household arts AND SCHOOL LUNCHES CHAPTER I household arts IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS This is the first separate report on household arts made by any school ..."

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