The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunities, and every-day problems.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, owner.

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

Everyday life & women in America, c.1800-1920.

Everyday life & women in America, c.1800-1920

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment.

Women.

Home economics.

Women--Social conditions.

Interior decoration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, forms.

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894.

Contents:

v. I. Occupations for women / by P.G. Hubert, jr. ; Women in their business affairs / by William O. Stoddard ; The principles of housekeeping / by Lillian W. Betts; Society and social usages / by Constance Cary Harrison ; The æsthetics of dress / by Eva Wilder McGlasson ; Dress from a practical standpoint / by several writers ; Hygiene in the home / by J. West Roosevelt ; The training of children / by Kate Douglas Wiggin ; The education of women / by Lyman Abbott ; Books and reading / by Thomas Wentworth Higginson ; The art of travel / by Elizabeth Bisland

volume II. The home grounds / by Samuel Parsons, jr. ; The flower garden / by John N. Gerard ; House building / by Helen Churchill Candee ; House decoration and furnishing / by Mary Gay Humphreys ; Women's opportunties in town and country / by Mary Cadwalader Jones ; Woman's handiwork / by Constance Cary Harrison ; Supplementary information / by various writers.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2005. Digitized from a copy held by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University Libraries.

Description based on online resource (viewed August 30, 2023).

OCLC:

230203442

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.