Euthenics is the study of improvement of human functioning and well-being by improvement of living conditions. "Improvement" is conducted by altering external factors such as education and the controllable environments, including environmentalism, education regarding employment, home economics, sanitation, and housing, as well as the prevention and removal of contagious disease and parasites.
Ellen Swallow Richards, the first female student and instructor at MIT
Julia Clifford Lathrop as the first chief of the U.S. Children's Bureau
Lester Frank Ward
Abraham Flexner, c. 1895
Home economics, also called domestic science 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. Much less common today, it was, and is, mostly taught in secondary school or high school.
A training class 1985 at Wittgenstein Reifenstein schools
A group of students studying home science theory at State High School.
Home economics class in Ottawa, Canada, 1959
Gardening in Ofleiden, 1898