Perfection Salad Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century

"Shapiro's fascinating thesis is that the oppression of women in the late 19th century--or rather the voluntary relegation of the most ambitious among them to the bogus field of 'domestic science' (later known as home economics)--led the way to a very American faith in so-called scientific cookery, whose damage we're still struggling to undo....But...Shapiro can't help admiring the tireless good faith of these reforming crackpots.Shapiro, Laura is the author of 'Perfection Salad Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century' with ISBN 9780375756658 and ISBN 0375756655.