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The American woman's home: or, Principles of domestic science; being a guide to the formation and maintenance of economical, healthful, beautiful, and Christian homes.
Seeking to elevate the status of domestic work, Beecher and co-author Harriet Beecher Stowe redefine it as labor for which women must be educated. They also offer instruction in the specifics of maintaining a household.
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| Language: | English |
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New York : Boston :
J.B. Ford and company; H.A. Brown & Co.,
1869.
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| Series: | Gerritsen collection of women's history ;
no. 198.4. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The Christian family
- A Christian house
- A healthful home
- Scientific domestic ventilation
- Stoves, furnaces, and chimneys
- Home decoration
- The care of health
- Domestic exercise
- Healthful food
- Healthful drinks
- Cleanliness
- Clothing
- Good cooking
- Early rising
- Domestic manners
- Good temper in the housekeeper
- Habits of system and order
- Giving in charity
- Economy of time and expenses
- Health of mind
- The care of infants
- The management of young children
- Domestic amusements and social duties
- Care of the aged
- The care of servants
- Care of the sick
- Accidents and antidotes
- Sewing, cutting, and mending
- Fires and lights
- The care of rooms
- The care of yards and gardens
- The propagation of plants
- The cultivation of fruit
- The care of domestic animals
- Earth-closets
- Warming and ventilation
- Care of the homeless, the helpless, and the vicious
- The Christian neighborhood
- Appeal to the American women
- Glossary of words and references
- Analytical index.