domestic science

Noun

Meaning

theory and practice of homemaking

Source: WordNet

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The girls got sent to the domestic science room and the boys to the science lab. ... I protested - unsuccessfully. Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science. Roger Bannister

I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare. Lesley Nicol

I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school. Mary Wesley

Catherine and Harriet both were leaders in mid-19th century North America in talking about domestic science. Source: Internet

Columbus was a history teacher and a headmaster, and Gertrude was a domestic science teacher. Source: Internet

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