Before revision: Western society In cultures ranging from Ancient Greece to the 19th-century United States, girls have been taught such essential domestic skills as sewing, cooking, gardening , and basic hygiene and medical care such as preparing balms and salves, and in some cases midwife skills .
After revision: Western society In cultures ranging from Ancient Greece to the twentieth-century United States, girls were taught essential domestic skills including sewing, cooking, gardening , and basic hygiene and medical care such as preparing balms and salves, and in some cases midwifery, .