American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes

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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 Catharine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe

EN·~15 hours·78 chapters

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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 STOWE - TO 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. - INTRODUCTION.

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I. THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY.

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II. A CHRISTIAN HOUSE.

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III. A HEALTHFUL HOME.

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IV. SCIENTIFIC DOMESTIC VENTILATION.

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V. STOVES, FURNACES, AND CHIMNEYS.

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VI. HOME DECORATION.

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VII. THE CARE OF HEALTH.

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VIII. DOMESTIC EXERCISE.

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IX. HEALTHFUL FOOD.

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en

Duration

~15 hours (874K characters)

Release date

2004-09-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Catharine Esther Beecher

Catharine Esther Beecher

1800–1878

A pioneering 19th-century writer and educator, she argued that women deserved serious schooling and shaped how generations of Americans thought about home life, teaching, and domestic work. Her books on household management and education made her one of the most widely read voices of her time.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

1811–1896

Best known for Uncle Tom’s Cabin, this American writer helped bring the cruelty of slavery into millions of homes. Her fiction made her one of the most influential literary voices of the 19th century.

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