Dublin Core
Title
Making of a Homemaker
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Description
An online exhibit of nineteenth-century guidebooks for middle- and upper-class American women. Includes cover art and selected inside illustrations from homemakers' books such as "Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book" by Catharine Beecher. The books included discuss subjects such as homemaking, care-taking, child-rearing, and etiquette.
Subject
Catharine Beecher
American Civil War
Femininity
Womanhood
Women
Femininities
Heterosexuality
heterosexual
Religion
religious
spirituality
Children
Adolescence
Teens
Marriage
married
marriage guides
Health
Disease
addiction
recovery
Reproduction
conception
pregnancy
childbirth
Date
Mid-19th Century
Late 19th Century
Gilded Age
Victorian Era
Type
Sculptures
Paintings
Other Artwork
Photographs
Drawing
Doodle
Sketch
Books
Guides
Identifier
Screenshot 2016-06-23 11.56.12.jpg
Coverage
Confederate States of America
Union (Civil War Era)
rural
farming
Website Item Type Metadata
Date Accessed
6/23/2016
Source Institution Type
Government