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Rhea C. (Rhea Clarke) Scott
1876–1963
A practical early 20th-century writer on home economics, she is best known for Home Labor Saving Devices, a guide shaped by her work with rural households and country schools. Her writing focused on simple, useful ways to make daily home work easier and more efficient.
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Home labor saving devices
by Rhea C. (Rhea Clarke) Scott
About the author
Born in 1876 and later buried in Petersburg, Virginia, Rhea Clarke Scott is remembered today mainly for her 1917 book Home Labor Saving Devices. Project Gutenberg and other library records identify it as her best-known work, and biographical records match her life dates as 1876–1963.
The book grew out of her experience in home demonstration work. Contemporary source material connected with the book describes her as an instructor in home demonstration work at George Peabody College for Teachers, and the book itself was designed to give practical help to women in rural homes and to support useful instruction in country schools.
That practical spirit is what makes her work stand out. Rather than writing abstract advice, she collected homemade and labor-saving ideas intended to save time, effort, and money in everyday household tasks. No confirmed portrait image was found from the sources reviewed during this search.