Pieces. So it works both ways. Lets move on to Christine Fredericks. I want to make sure we talk about the new housekeeping. Ks. Christine frederick herself was it on not the first to hit on this idea of a household engineer. The whole professioncime economics is becoming more expert driven in this period. T thish is in the early 20th 0th ce century Home Economics class. Home economics will be7v . Z taught in schools as a subject. Did any of you take home ec . It the roodsts are in this period. Int its an area that was thought to be just something individual private household things passed ers to on from mothers to daughters. Think of the beacher sisters who were part of this in a way, too. Right . Talking about household management. But Home Economicshome as a field, of a professional domain, where there are experts, creating curricula, is a turn of the century kind of profession. Here again is that is not ristin christine efrederick, but who l somebody who looks a little bit like Chr
Independent but its not just for peop for people in dearborn. Deer whats his great advantage . Bo how can he distribute this paper . . Pa what does he have . Yeah. He has cars. He has cars. And if you want to sell cars, sell you need then and now need advertising. Tising. Dealerships. Dealerships. Youve got Car Dealerships. And they are beholden to you because they dont do what you ey dont say, you wont let them have any you cars and they wont be able to ha sell them, wont be able to make any money. He but he has a whole string of Car Dealerships and all of those car t dealerships now have to carry yz1 and distribute the dearborn independent. Te so it is going to be a much more more important newspaper than, you know, had he just remained a than very local newspaper in lza dearborn, and he buys the paper and sets it up, gets going in 1919. Its called the dearborn independent but honestly, it wasnt independent at all. Its a free country, call it indep whatever you like, independent, but
Lonization of an area thought to be something individual private households do that were passed on in a rule of thumb way from mothers to daughters. Think of the beacher sisters who were part of this in a way, too, talking about household management. Home economics as a field of profession a professional domain where there are experts creating curriculum is a turn of the century kind of invention. Here again is that is not Christine Frederick but that is someone who looks like Christine Frederick. The start in the late 19th century but take on an expertdriven advice. The new housekeeping efficiency study in home management. Household engineer and professional consultant. One question we might pose here, i think its clear how much frederick is indebted to spun like taylor. Right . But how much has changed in the envisioning of the household from the time of the beacher sisters in the 1860s to this moment . Whats changed and whats remained the same . Nothing is every totally a break with
And distribute the deerborn independent. So it is going to be a much more important newspaper than you know had he just remained a very local newspaper in deerborn, and he buys the paper and sets it up, gets going in 1919. Its called the deerborn independent but honestly it wasnt independent at all. Its a free country call it whatever you like, independent but it was actually totally dependent on the Ford Motor Company. And not surprisingly if you were to read a run of the paper, its views and the views of henry ford are remarkably similar. That shouldnt surprise us. You know, that would be true of any newspaper that reflects the views of its owners. But the paper is very much in favor of pacifism. It likes prohibition, meaning thateih n its in favor of limiting alcohol, which ford thought was wicked. It supports all sorts of old traditions. One of the most Interesting Articles and the title of the article tells you a lot about the outlook of henry ford is an editorial that was entitle
Century. And especially lay consumer culture. We talked about the motor behind the story, and i think we settled on one word. Desire. Desire was the kind of engine with the story. Wanting what you cant have. Always being able to see what is ahead of you that is elusive that youre trying to grasp. And thats what makes things happen in the novel. Remember that carrie is never satisfied. And recall the department store, right . Where he felt as he tells us the claim of each trinket and valuable upon her personally. We talked a little bit too about the moral of the story. A moral for the 20th ench ri maybe that there is no moral, right . Things happen to people. Good things happen to bad people, right . People arent punished for bad deeds. In fact sometimes like carrie, theyre rewarded. So what he8f kind of Success Story at vik torn period. That victorian ladder of virtue. The changing of fortunes was not the result of strong character or even of planning and preparedness. Think back to th