A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
A Treatise on Domestic Economy, published by Catharine Esther Beecher in 1841, is a manual for the American housewife written as a schoolbook. Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and a founder of schools for girls, argues that the management of a household is a profession deserving the same systematic training as any other, and she covers it in full: the duties of women in a democracy, health and the care of infants, diet and cooking, clothing, the planning and ventilation of houses, the kitchen and the cellar, servants, charity, gardening, and the management of time and money. The book was widely adopted and reprinted for decades, and it helped shape the idea of the home as a woman's sphere. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Catharine Esther Beecher is filed under "Philosophy" in the Vinteuil library.
