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       Catharine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe

      American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science

      Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664647115

       INTRODUCTION.

       CHAPTER I.

       II.

       III.

       IV.

       V.. THE CONSTRUCTION AND CARE OF STOVES, FURNACES, AND CHIMNEYS.

       VI.

       VII.

       VIII.

       IX.

       X.

       XI.

       XII.

       XIII.

       XIV.

       CHAPTER XV.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       XVIII.

       XIX.

       XX.

       XXI.

       XXII.

       XXIII.

       XXIV.

       XXV.

       XXVI.

       CHAPTER XXVII.

       XXVIII.

       XXIX.

       XXX.

       XXXI.

       XXXII.

       XXXIII.

       XXXIV.

       XXXV.

       XXXVI.

       XXXVII.

       XXXVII.

       AN APPEAL TO AMERICAN WOMEN BY THE SENIOR AUTHOR OF THIS VOLUME.

       APPENDIX.

       INTRODUCTION.

      The chief cause of woman's disabilities and sufferings, that women are not trained, as men are, for their peculiar duties—Aim of this volume to elevate the honor and remuneration of domestic employment—Woman's duties, and her utter lack of training for them—Qualifications of the writers of this volume to teach the matters proposed—Experience and study of woman's work—Conviction of the dignity and importance of it—The great social and moral power in her keeping—The principles and teachings of Jesus Christ the true basis of woman's rights and duties.

      I.

       THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY.

      Object of the Family State—Duty of the elder and stronger to raise the younger, weaker, and more ignorant to an equality of advantages—Discipline of the family—The example of Christ one of self-sacrifice as man's elder brother—His assumption of a low estate—His manual labor—His trade—Woman the chief minister of the family estate—Man the out-door laborer and provider—Labor and self-denial in the mutual relations of home-life, honorable, healthful, economical, enjoyable, and Christian.

      II.

       A CHRISTIAN HOUSE.

      True wisdom in building a home—Necessity of economizing time, labor, and expense, by the close packing of conveniences—Plan of a model cottage—Proportions—Piazzas—Entry—Stairs and landings—Large room—Movable Screen—Convenient bedsteads—A good mattress—A cheap and convenient ottoman—Kitchen and stove-room—The stove-room and its arrangements—Second or attic story—Closets, corner dressing-tables, windows, balconies, water and earth-closets, shoe-bag, piece-bag—Basement, closets, refrigerator, washtubs, etc.—Laundry—General wood-work—Conservatories-Average estimate of cost.

      III.

       A HEALTHFUL HOME.