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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... especially in the western states . In their literary and professional efforts , the Beecher sisters had been aided by their family name . As Kennedy suggests a political dynasty to our day , so did Beecher connote evangelical privilege ...
... especially for her econ- omy , " who had supervised the Beecher children in the periods between their father's marriages . Catharine was a brilliant planner , organizer , and promoter , often calling on others to help her accomplish her ...
... especially Letters to the People on Health and Happiness . With these they intermixed seg- ments from Harriet's House and Home Papers ( see , e.g. , Chapter 13 , which is reprinted nearly verbatim from the earlier work ) . As they had ...
... especially her House and Home Papers ( Boston : Ticknor and Fields , 1865 ) , written under the pseudonym of Christopher Crowfield and first published in the Atlantic Monthly . The American Woman's Home promotes several companion ...
... especially for her economy . She was , in the course of time , replaced by a step - mother , who had been accustomed to a superior style of housekeeping , and was an expert in all departments of domestic administration . Under these ...
Contents
VII | 23 |
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 |