Directed at “middling” and lower-class women who could not afford servants. It was an early attempt to raise domesticity to a level of competence equal to that of other skilled trades.
Physical Description: 130 p. 15 cm.
pages water stained and foxed; textblock poor but both covers attached
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Child, Lydia Maria (Francis)
General Notes
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Notes: Includes Index and Appendex pages.
Previous editions published under title: The Frugal Housewife.
verso: "It became necessary to change the title of this work to the "American Frugual Houswife" because there is an English work of the same name, not adopted to the wants of this country." The words "American" and "English" are italicized.
In pencil on front end sheet: "E.E, Cheney 1940"
On end sheet "eu 118485" and "Lowenstein 212 AAS"
On back of front cover: "Jo Gosselt 2015.3"
Status: OK
Status By: Wescott, Kay
Status Date: 2020-07-14