Chapter I: Mothercraft and Home-Making Education

I. Barnes, Earl. Woman in Modern Society. Huebsch. 1912. 258 p.
$1.25. Social responsibilities of modern women; education for
home-making.

Froebel, F. Letters on Kindergarten. Bardeen. 1891. 331 p.
$1.50. Froebel’s plan for a training school, and description of
its operation; beginnings of Pestalozzi-Froebel House.

Nearing, Scott, and Nellie M. S. Woman and Social Progress.
Macmillan. 1912. 281 p. Bibl. $1.50. The biological, domestic,
industrial and social phases of woman’s progress; home-making
education.

Oppenheim, Nathan. Development of the Child. Macmillan. 1898.
$1.25. See his Chap. XI, The Profession of Maternity.

Read, Mary L. Mothercraft Education. (In preparation.)
Historical review; methods and curriculum.

†Spencer, Anna G. Woman’s Share in Social Culture. Kennerly.
1913. 331 p. Bibl. $2.00. Responsibilities and opportunities,
in home and society.

Tarbell, Ida M. The Business of Being a Woman. Macmillan. 1912.
238 p. $1.25. Social, civic and home responsibilities.

(The three following collections are comprehensive in scope,
covering the field of child development, care, training and
social welfare.)

Guide Book to Childhood. Issued by the American Institute of
Child Life. Synopses from authorities. Annotated reference
list. $2.50.

Library of Home Economics. 1909. 12 vol. Also abridged ed. 2
vol. Bibl. Prepared by a board of authors, special authorities.
Includes domestic science as well as child care and training.
Issued by the American School of Home Economics, Chicago.

Parents and their Problems. 1915. 8 vol. $15. Nat. Mothers’
Cong. Quotations from various authorities.

I._b._ Andrews, Benj. R. Education for the Home. U. S. Bureau
Education. 1914. 4 pamphlets. 428 p. Illus. Bibl. $.75. Survey of
present status and methods of home-making education in U. S.

Bolce, Harold. Training for Motherhood. Gd. Hskp. Mag. Sept.,
1912. 8 p. Illus. Sesame House for Home Life Training (London),
and the School of Mothercraft (New York).

Comstock, Sarah. Mothercraft. Gd. Hskp. Mag. Dec., 1914-June,
1915. Illus. School of Mothercraft; child care and training.
Also in bound volume. Hearst. 1915. 214 p. Illus. $1.00.

Huddleston, Mrs. J. H. Should the College Curriculum be
Modified? 1909. Report of Committee of Assn. Collegiate Alumnæ,
regarding home-making courses in college curriculum.

Read, Mary L. What Every Mother Knows. Outlook, Feb. 3, 1912.
6 p. Scope and spirit of mothercraft training; outline of
curriculum.

Read, Mary L. Mothercraft. Jour. of Heredity, Aug., 1916.
School of Mothercraft and National Association.

U.S. Bureau of Education. Reading Courses for Parents. Free.

II. American Motherhood. Cooperstown, N. Y. $1.50. Popular
articles on the home, child care and training.

The Child (London). Stechert. $5.25. Authoritative articles on
child care, training, social welfare; special education for
young women in England; book reviews.

Child Life. Amer. Insti. Child Life. Philadelphia. $1.00.
Reviews of current literature on child care and training; book
reviews.

Child Welfare Magazine. Lippincott. $1.00. (Mo. Cong. and
Parent-Teachers’ Assn.) Child training; organization reports.

Home Progress. Houghton. $3.00. Articles on home life and child
training; book reviews.

Journal of Home Economics. Baltimore. $2.00. (Amer. H. E.
Assn.) Popular and technical articles on home economics and
home-making.

Mothers’ Magazine. D. C. Cook, Elgin, Ill. $1.50. Popular
articles on child training and care.

III. American Home Economics Association. Baltimore, Md.
Membership organization of home economics teachers, housekeepers
and others interested in progress of home life. Annual meeting;
publishes annual proceedings, bulletins, Journal of Home
Economics.

American Institute of Child Life. Philadelphia. An educational
institution which furnishes its members personal service of
books, correspondence, bulletins, on home-making, children’s
education, play, vocational guidance. Works through individual
homes, and clubs of its members. Publishes Child Life.

International Congress of Mothers, and Parent-Teachers
Association. Washington, D. C. Mrs. Frederic Schoff, President.
Organizes clubs and public meetings; furnishes speakers,
programs, reading lists, literature, personal correspondence.
Publishes Child Welfare Magazine. Holds annual meeting.

National Association for Mothercraft Education. New York City.
Co-operates with organizations, institutions and communities
in the development of systematic courses of training in
mothercraft; issues bulletins.