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Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
A pioneering mail-order school turned home sewing, cooking, and dressmaking into accessible lessons for women across the United States. Closely tied to educator Mary Brooks Picken, it helped bring practical domestic training to a huge audience in the early 20th century.
5 Audiobooks
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies
by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads
by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals
by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish
by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
About the author
The Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences was not a single person but an educational institution based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Mary Brooks Picken in the 1910s and became known for teaching dressmaking, millinery, cooking, fashion, beauty, and homemaking through correspondence courses as well as classroom instruction.
Its books and lesson series were designed to be clear, practical, and easy to use at home, which helped the Institute reach a remarkably large readership. By the 1920s, it had grown into one of the best-known long-distance schools for women's domestic and fashion education.
Because this is an organization rather than an individual author, the available portrait most closely associated with its work is of founder Mary Brooks Picken. Her influence shaped the Institute's voice, curriculum, and lasting reputation in home sewing and domestic arts publishing.