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Christine Frederick

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American author and home economist (1883-1970)

United StatesWritersLived 1883 to 1970 · aged 87
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Christine Frederick was an American home economist and early 20th century exponent of Taylorism as applied to the domestic sphere. She conducted experiments aimed at improving household efficiency, as well as arguing for women's vital role as consumers in a mass-production economy.

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Photograph of "vegetable preparing table" from Christine Frederick's 1919 book Household Engineering.Photograph of "vegetable preparing table" from Christine Frederick's 1919 book Household Engineering.Diagram of inefficient kitchen from Christine Frederick's 1919 book Household Engineering.Diagram of inefficient kitchen from Christine Frederick's 1919 book Household Engineering.Efficient kitchen plan from Christine Frederick's 1919 book Household Engineering.Efficient kitchen plan from Christine Frederick's 1919 book Household Engineering.

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Christine Frederick was an American home economist and early 20th century exponent of Taylorism as applied to the domestic sphere. She conducted experiments aimed at improving household efficiency, as well as arguing for women's vital role as consumers in a mass-production economy. She wrote books on these subjects, the best-known of which is probably Selling Mrs. Consumer, which offers an early justification for planned obsolescence as a necessary feature of the industrial economy.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1883 to 1970 · aged 87
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