The secret history of home economics: How trailblazing women harnessed the power of home and changed the way we live. DanielleDreilinger. 2021. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 348 pp. ISBN: 978‐1324004493. $13.99 Paperback. $9.99 e‐book.

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Journal of Family Theory & ReviewEarly View BOOK REVIEW The secret history of home economics: How trailblazing women harnessed the power of home and changed the way we live. Danielle Dreilinger. 2021. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 348 pp. ISBN: 978-1324004493. $13.99 Paperback. $9.99 e-book. Ashley Ermer, Corresponding Author Ashley Ermer [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-6455-5035 Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, USA Correspondence Ashley Ermer, Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University Montclair, NJ 07043, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAndrea Roach, Andrea Roach Child, Family, and Consumer Sciences, California State University, Fresno, California, USASearch for more papers by this author Ashley Ermer, Corresponding Author Ashley Ermer [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-6455-5035 Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, USA Correspondence Ashley Ermer, Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University Montclair, NJ 07043, USA. 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