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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... matter of Hatty's bargain with the Publishers and is determined to make a fuss about it .... What a pity that she will meddle so — she is so anxious that Hatty shd . have the means of educating her three million children she won [ ' ] t ...
... matter of her inept labor , but signifies her larger lack of " civilization " because she does not value tasteful objects . Such common sense thus also explains The American Woman's Home's class and racial blindness , for the " sense ...
... matters were best discussed by masculine experts . 6. Hedrick , HBS , 310 . 7. Jeanne Boydston , Mary Kelley , and Anne Margolis , eds . , The Limits of Sister- hood : The Beecher Sisters on Women's Rights and Woman's Sphere ( Chapel ...
... matters proposed - Experience and study of woman's work - Conviction of the dignity and importance of it - The great social and moral power in her keeping The principles and teachings of Jesus Christ the true basis of woman's rights and ...
... Matter and manner of eating Causes of debilitation from misuse of food . - Pages 95-107 . X. HEALTHFUL DRINKS . Stimulating drinks not necessary - Their immediate evil effects upon the human body and tendency to grow into habitual ...
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 |