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All individuals who live in the household work together. Tasks were differentiated by sex and age; sometimes non-family members or distant relatives would pitch in for those who needed it. The family worked together as a unit in order to maintain survival.
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Family roles became more defined as men went away for work. Women stayed at home to take care of domestic chores, care for their children, and participate in the social activities. Children would help out the mothers around the house.
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Emerging in the late 18th century, partners were chosen based on preferences and it was an expected role of adults to have children. Women took care of the children while husbands left to work.
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This act established large grant colleges that allowed women opportunities of research and instruction of practical interventions. Scientific theories and teachings of modernized activities included cooking, laundry, sewing, housecleaning, care of the sick, and sanitation. This eventually lead to the term "home economics".
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Richards became head instructor of the women's laboratory at MIT, where she founded the home economics movement. She dedicated to the study of sanitary chemistry and inspired new thoughts to the management of resources within homes and families. -
This kitchen located in Boston was opened under the supervision of Ellen Swallow Richards, who worked to provide lost cost meals with nutritious value to working-class families. -
This governmental program was implemented to help needy families obtain benefits on nutritious foods and supplements in order to be more efficient and live healthier. -
This act is eligible for individuals under certain employers that allows them to take an unpaid leave to care for family members, children, spouses, or to take time for adoption purposes. -
The former name of "home economics" was changed to "family and consumer sciences" in regards to resource management. Associates believed the first title was filled with misinformation regarding latest research and application.
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In the world today, families are changing and do not have systematic roles that each member typically takes on. Women and men are independent and work in the field, and it is very common for single parents to raise their children. Divorce, same sex marriage, cohabitation, and other changes have shaped families today.
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https://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/distinguished-alumni/ellen-swallow-richards/ https://sociologytwynham.com/2013/06/25/the-symmetrical-family-young-willmott/ "Family Resource Management" by Tami Moore and Sylvia Asay
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