Before she became a bestselling novelist, Kanae Minato was a Japanese home economics teacher and housewife. Somewhere between the laundry and cooking, she wrote her debut, “Confessions,” the ...

THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live By Danielle Dreilinger. In 1972, I was the overeager student who always raised ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on May 3, 2021. Find that audio here. Host Robin Young speaks with Danielle Dreilinger, author of the new book "The Secret History of Home Economics ...