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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Draznin, Yaffa, 1922- Victorian London's middle-class housewife. Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 2001 (OCoLC)647121354 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Yaffa Draznin |
| ISBN: | 0313313997 9780313313998 |
| OCLC Number: | 42690247 |
| Description: | xvi, 227 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The MCMW's Background, 1850-1875 -- Growing Up Female in Mid-Century England -- Greater London in 1875: A Resident's View -- The MCMW's Spouse and the Couple's First Home -- The Matron's Appearance: Her Looks and Her Clothing -- The Reality: Life in Greater London, 1875-1900 -- The Housewife as Lowly Domestic: Cleaning the House and Doing the Laundry -- The Housewife as Specialized Domestic: Preparing the Meals and Clothing the Family -- The Housewife as Employer: Managing the Servants -- The Housewife as Financial Manager: Balancing the Budget -- The Housewife in Her Maternal Role: As Bride, Potential Mother, and Pregnant Wife -- The Matron as Guardian of the Family's Health -- The Matron as Nurturer of the Children: Early Child Care and Education -- The Matron as Social Secretary and Activities Coordinator -- The Matron as Morals Arbiter: Managing the Family's Religious and Charitable Obligations -- The Matron as Her Own Person: Satisfying Personal Needs Within and Outside the Home -- The Middle-Class Housewife as Shopper: The Emergence of Late-Nineteenth-Century "Consumerism" -- The End of the Century: Conclusion -- London in 1900: A World City Reluctant to Change -- The Middle-Class Housewife in 1900: Inadvertent Agent for Change -- Victorian Money. |
| Series Title: | Contributions in women's studies, no. 179. |
| Responsibility: | Yaffa Claire Draznin. |
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- Middle class women -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
- Housewives -- England -- London -- Social conditions.
- London (England) -- Social conditions.
- Femmes de la classe moyenne -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
- Femmes au foyer -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Conditions sociales.
- Londres (Angleterre) -- Conditions sociales.
- Huisvrouwen.
- Middenklassen.
- Dagelijks leven.
- Classes moyennes -- Londres (GB) -- 19e siècle.
- Londres (GB) -- Conditions sociales.
- Mittelstand.
- Hausfrau.
- Alltag.
- London.

