The American Woman's Home

By Beecher, Catharine Esther

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Title:	The American Woman's Home
Author:	Beecher, Catharine Esther
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


Citation APA MLA Chicago E. Beeche, B. C. (n.d.). The American Womans Home. Retrieved from https://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Introduction: The authors of this volume, while they sympathize with every honest effort to relieve the disabilities and sufferings of their sex, are confident that the chief cause of these evils is the fact that the honor and duties of the family state are not duly appreciated, that women are not trained for these duties as men are trained for their trades and professions, and that, as the consequence, family labor is poorly done, poorly paid, and regarded as menial and disgraceful. To be the nurse of young children, a cook, or a housemaid, is regarded as the lowest and last resort of poverty, and one which no woman of culture and position can assume without loss of caste and respectability.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The American Woman's Home, 1 -- Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1 -- Introduction, 11 -- I. THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY, 12 -- II. A CHRISTIAN HOUSE, 14 -- III. A HEALTHFUL HOME, 20 -- IV. SCIENTIFIC DOMESTIC VENTILATION, 26 -- V. THE CONSTRUCTION AND CARE OF STOVES, FURNACES, AND CHIMNEYS, 29 -- VI. HOME DECORATION, 37 -- VII. THE CARE OF HEALTH, 44 -- VIII. DOMESTIC EXERCISE, 48 -- IX. HEALTHFUL FOOD, 51 -- X. HEALTHFUL DRINKS, 59 -- XI. CLEANLINESS, 64 -- XII. CLOTHING, 68 -- XIII. GOOD COOKING, 72 -- XIV. EARLY RISING, 83 -- XV. DOMESTIC MANNERS, 85 -- XVI. THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD TEMPER IN THE HOUSEKEEPER, 92 -- XVII. HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER, 95 -- XVIII. GIVING IN CHARITY, 101 -- XIX. ECONOMY OF TIME AND EXPENSES, 106 -- XX. HEALTH OF MIND, 110 -- XXI. THE CARE OF INFANTS, 113 -- XXII. THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN, 119 -- XXIII. DOMESTIC AMUSEMENTS AND SOCIAL DUTIES, 124 -- XXIV. CARE OF THE AGED, 131 -- XXV. THE CASE OF SERVANTS, 133 -- XXVI. CARE OF THE SICK, 145 -- XXVII. ACCIDENTS AND ANTIDOTES, 151 -- XXVIII. SEWING, CUTTING, AND MENDING, 153 -- XXIX. FIRES AND LIGHTS, 156 -- XXX. THE CARE OF ROOMS, 159 -- XXXI. THE CARE OF YARDS AND GARDENS, 164 -- XXXII. THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS, 166 -- XXXIII. THE CULTIVATION OF FRUIT, 168 -- XXXIV. THE CARE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 169 -- XXXV. EARTH?CLOSETS, 173 -- XXXVI. WARMING AND VENTILATION, 180 -- XXXVII. CARE OF THE HOMELESS, THE HELPLESS, AND THE VICIOUS, 186 -- XXXVII. THE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD, 195 -- APPENDIX, 202