1st Edition
Silent Sisterhood Middle-class Women in the Victorian Home
By Patricia Branca
Copyright 1975
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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This perceptive book studies the Victorian woman in the home and in the family. One of the central purposes is to rescue Victorian woman from the realm of myth where her life was spent in frivolous trifles and instead to show how she had a major part to play in the practical management of the home.
The author makes judicious use of domestic manuals and other material written specifically for... Read more
Part 1: The Outer Woman 1. The Victorian Woman – Off the Pedestal and into History 2. Do’s and Don’ts for the Mistress of the House 3. The Modern Homemaker Part 2: The Inner Woman 4. The Struggle for Better Health 5. The Dynamics of Victorian Motherhood 6. A New Model of Child Care 7. Middle-Class Women and Birth Control – A Personal Triumph Part 3: Conclusions 8. Middle-Class Women and Modernization
Biography
Patricia Branca
