From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart
Subtitle: A Cultural History of Domestic Advice
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780807853719
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Social history; Women's studies; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Sociology; Popular Culture - General; Social Science; Reference; USA; United States - 20th Century; General; Women's Studies - General; Family & Relationships-General; History / United States / 20th Century; Reference / General; Social Science-Women's Studies - General; Home economics; History
First sentence: In Julia McNair Wright's 1879 domestic-advice manual, The Complete Home, she took the voice of "Aunt Sophronia" and discussed home-making with her three nieces, Helen, Miriam, and Hester.