Catharine Beecher : A Study in American Domesticity Paperback / softback
by Kathryn Kish Sklar
Paperback / softback
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Although she is often remembered only as the sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, there was a time in Catharine Beecher's life when she was more widely known than any member of her eminent family.
A pioneering teacher, a writer on moral and religious topics, and an avid publicist for women's education, her name became a household word in the 1840s because of the enormous success of her Treatise on Domestic Economy.
This comprehensive guide to all aspects of domestic self-management was part of her effort to create a female domain from which cultural power could be exercised.
In the recent reassessment of the historical experience of women, the middle decades of the last century have emerged as a critical period: the movement for women's rights was born, and the genteel cult of the lady and the encumbering customs of domesticity took hold.
Present-day attitudes about the family and images of masculine and feminine roles are still strongly shaped by nineteenth-century ideas.
Catherine Beecher: A Study in American Domesticity examines that era through the life of one of its major protagonists.
It offers new insights into the shifting contours of the nineteenth-century female experience and is a signal contribution to the intellectual and social history of the period.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:380 pages
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:08/06/2007
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- ISBN:9780393008128
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:380 pages
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:08/06/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780393008128