The American Woman's Home OR, PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE : With 77 Original Illustrated since 1869, linked TOC (Illustrated)

AMERICAN WOMAN'S HOME: OR, PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE;BEING A GUIDE TO THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ECONOMICAL, HEALTHFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND CHRISTIAN HOMES.BY CATHERINE E. BEECHER AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWETO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA, IN WHOSE HANDS REST THE REAL DESTINIES OF THE REPUBLIC, AS MOULDED BY THE EARLY TRAINING AND PRESERVED AMID THE MATURER INFLUENCES OF HOME, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.The chief cause of woman's disabilities and sufferings, that women are not trained, as men are, for their peculiar duties—Aim of this volume to elevate the honor and remuneration of domestic employment—Woman's duties, and her utter lack of training for them—Qualifications of the writers of this volume to teach the 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 duties.CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION.I.THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY.II.A CHRISTIAN HOUSE.III.A HEALTHFUL HOME.IV.SCIENTIFIC DOMESTIC VENTILATION.V. THE CONSTRUCTION AND CARE OF STOVES, FURNACES, AND CHIMNEYS.VI.HOME DECORATION.VII.THE CARE OF HEALTH.VIII.DOMESTIC EXERCISE.IX.HEALTHFUL FOOD.X.HEALTHFUL DRINKS.XI.CLEANLINESS.XII.CLOTHING.XIII.GOOD COOKING.XIV.EARLY RISING XV.DOMESTIC MANNERS. XVI.THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD TEMPER IN THE HOUSEKEEPER. XVII.HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.XVIII.GIVING IN CHARITY.XIX.ECONOMY OF TIME AND EXPENSES.XX.HEALTH OF MIND.XXI.THE CARE OF INFANTS.XXII.THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN.XXIII.DOMESTIC AMUSEMENTS AND SOCIAL DUTIES.XXIV.CARE OF THE AGED.XXV.THE CASE OF SERVANTS.XXVI.CARE OF THE SICK. XXVII.ACCIDENTS AND ANTIDOTES.XXVIII.SEWING, CUTTING, AND MENDING.XXIX.FIRES AND LIGHTS.XXX.THE CARE OF ROOMS.XXXI.THE CARE OF YARDS AND GARDENS.XXXII.THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS.XXXIII.THE CULTIVATION OF FRUIT.XXXIV.THE CARE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.XXXV.EARTH-CLOSETS."THINGS TO BE OBSERVEDXXXVI.WARMING AND VENTILATIONXXXVII.CARE OF THE HOMELESS, THE HELPLESS, AND THE VICIOUS.XXXVII.THE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD.AN APPEAL TO AMERICAN WOMEN BY THE SENIOR AUTHOR OF THIS VOLUME.APPENDIX.GLOSSARY OF SUCH WORDS AND PHRASES AS MAY NOT EASILY BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE YOUNG READERHarriet Beecher Stowe BiographyCatharine Esther Beecher Biography Read more