LEADER 04445oam 2200577I 450 001 9910452856703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-10313-0 010 $a0-415-75243-4 010 $a1-136-24307-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203103135 035 $a(CKB)2550000001097002 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25291752 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1244667 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1244667 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10728181 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL503536 035 $a(OCoLC)852758074 035 $a(OCoLC)958102872 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001097002 100 $a20180706e20131975 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aSilent sisterhood $emiddle class women in the Victorian home /$fPatricia Branca 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (170 pages )$cillustrations (black and white) 225 0 $aRoutledge Library Editions: Women's History ;$vVolume 3 300 $aFirst published in 1975. 311 $a0-415-62581-5 311 $a1-299-72285-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 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 330 $aThis 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. 330 $bThis perceptive book studies the Victorian woman in the home and in the family. One of the central purposes is to rescue Victorian woman from the realm of myth where her life was spent in frivolous trifles and instead to show how she had a major part to play in the practical management of the home. The author makes judicious use of domestic manuals and other material written specifically for middle-class women. With statistical data to quantify the image as well, this book presents a better understanding of what it was like to be a middle-class woman in nineteenth-century England. Looking at the middle-class woman's problems as mistress of the house, her problems with domestics, her problems as mother and her problems as woman we can begin not merely to characterise the middle-class woman but to define her as an element of British social history and as a silent but significant agent of change. The book was first published in 1975. This perceptive book studies the Victorian woman in the home and in the family. One of the central purposes is to rescue Victorian woman from the realm of myth where her life was spent in frivolous trifles and instead to show how she had a major part to play in the practical management of the home. The author makes judicious use of domestic manuals and other material written specifically for middle-class women. With statistical data to quantify the image as well, this book presents a better understanding of what it was like to be a middle-class woman in nineteenth-century England. Looking at the middle-class woman's problems as mistress of the house, her problems with domestics, her problems as mother and her problems as woman we can begin not merely to characterise the middle-class woman but to define her as an element of British social history and as a silent but significant agent of change. The book was first published in 1975. 410 0$aRoutledge library editions.$pWomen's history ;$vvolume 3. 606 $aMiddle class women$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMiddle class$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCost and standard of living$zGreat Britain 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMiddle class women$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory 615 0$aCost and standard of living 676 $a301.41/2/0941 700 $aBranca$b Patricia.$0528098 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452856703321 996 $aSilent sisterhood$9814979 997 $aUNINA