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A history of European women's work
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Deborah Simonton |
The paid and unpaid work of women in Europe has been and is hugely diverse - from schools to offices, factories to domestic service, dairies to hospitals and much more. The work patterns have fluctua… |
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The short life and long times of Mrs. Beeton
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Kathryn Hughes |
Mrs. Beeton, the original "Martha Stewart", faced difficult times on the road to publishing her book of household hints. This book relates the history of lawsuits and scandals she endured with telli… |
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A 1950s housewife
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Sheila M. Hardy |
Being a housewife in the 1950s was quite a different experience to today. This book collects heartwarming personal anecdotes from women who embarked on married life during this fascinating postwar pe… |
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Isabella and Sam
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Sarah Freeman |
This biography of the British couple tells of Isabella Beeton's classic books on household management and cookery under her husbands imprint. The couple's literary partnership existed between husband… |
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A Medieval Home Companion
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Tania Bayard |
A window into the daily life of a medieval household, originally written as instructions for a young wife from her husband--with more than fifty medieval woodcuts and printed in two colors throughout. |
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The light of the home
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Mary Ellen Perry,Harvey Green |
Chapters on courtship, marriage, motherhood, housework, decorating, health, leisure, and religion evoke the livesof Victorian women. |
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