The American Woman's HomeThe American Womans Home, originally published in 1869, was one of the late nineteenth centurys most important handbooks of domestic advice. The result of a collaboration by two of the eras most important writers, this book represents their attempt to direct womens acquisition and use of a dizzying variety of new household consumer goods available in the postCivil War economic boom. It updates Catharine Beechers influential Treatise on Domestic Economy (1841) and incorporates domestic writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in The Atlantic in the 1860s. Today, the book can be likened to an anthology of household hints, with articles on cooking, decorating, housekeeping, child-rearing, hygiene, gardening, etiquette, and home amusements. The American Womans Home, almost a bible on domestic topics for Victorian women, illuminates womens roles a century and a half ago and can be used for comparison with modern theories on the role of women in the home and in society. Illustrated with the original engravings, this completely new edition offers a lively introduction by Nicole Tonkovich and notes linking the text to important historical, social, and cultural events of the late nineteenth century |
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... animal rights and woman's rights " and enlisted other writers who were her friends to contribute articles express- ing similar sentiments . 6 Catharine Beecher enjoyed a similar , although less extensive national celebrity some twenty ...
... animals - Historical examples of foul - air poisoning - Outward effects of habitual breathing of bad air- Quotations from scientific authorities . - Pages 42-52 . IV . SCIENTIFIC DOMESTIC VENTILATION . An open fireplace secures due ...
... animal and mineral elements - General construction and arrangement - Health of bones dependent on nourishment and ... animals - Particularly needful for the sick- Substitution of artificial light and heat , by night , a great waste of ...
... Animal diet to be avoided for the very young- Result of treatment at Albany Orphan Asylum - Good ventilation of nurseries and schools - Moral training to consist in forming habits of submission , self - denial , and benevolence ...
... animal warmth - The sick , the delicate , the aged - Food always to be carefully prepared and neatly served - Little modes of refreshment - Implicit obedi- ence to the physician - Care in purchasing medicines - Exhibition of ...
Contents
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VIII | 27 |
IX | 42 |
X | 53 |
XI | 58 |
XII | 71 |
XIII | 85 |
XIV | 91 |
XXVI | 197 |
XXVII | 205 |
XXVIII | 214 |
XXIX | 225 |
XXX | 228 |
XXXI | 247 |
XXXII | 256 |
XXXIII | 260 |
XV | 95 |
XVI | 108 |
XVII | 116 |
XVIII | 122 |
XIX | 129 |
XX | 146 |
XXI | 151 |
XXII | 162 |
XXIII | 167 |
XXIV | 176 |
XXV | 185 |
XXXIV | 265 |
XXXV | 270 |
XXXVI | 278 |
XXXVII | 282 |
XXXVIII | 286 |
XXXIX | 289 |
XL | 296 |
XLI | 308 |
XLII | 318 |
XLIII | 333 |