Victorian London's Middle-Class Housewife : What She Did All Day.

Cover -- Victorian London's Middle-Class Housewife -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I THE MCMW'S BACKGROUND, 1850-1875 -- CHAPTER 1 Growing Up Female in Mid-Century England -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 Greater London in 1875: A Resident's View -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3 The MCMW's Spouse and the Couple's First Home -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 The Matron's Appearance: Her Looks and Her Clothing -- NOTES -- PART II THE REALITY: LIFE IN GREATER LONDON, 1875-1900 -- CHAPTER 5 The Housewife as Lowly Domestic: Cleaning the House and Doing the Laundry -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6 The Housewife as Specialized Domestic: Preparing the Meals and Clothing the Family -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7 The Housewife as Employer: Managing the Servants -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8 The Housewife as Financial Manager: Balancing the Budget -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 9 The Housewife in Her Maternal Role: As Bride, Potential Mother, and Pregnant Wife -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 10 The Matron as Guardian of the Family's Health -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 11 The Matron as Nurturer of the Children: Early Child Care and Education -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 12 The Matron as Social Secretary and Activities Coordinator -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 13 The Matron as Morals Arbiter: Managing the Family's Religious and Charitable Obligations -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 14 The Matron as Her Own Person: Satisfying Personal Needs Within and Outside the Home -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 15 The Middle-Class Housewife as Shopper: The Emergence of Late-Nineteenth-Century "Consumerism" -- NOTES -- PART III THE END OF THE CENTURY: CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 16 London in 1900: A World City Reluctant to Change -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 17 The Middle-Class Housewife in 1900: Inadvertent Agent for Change -- NOTES -- Appendix: Victorian Money -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- CITED REFERENCES -- OTHER SOURCES, READINGS -- Index -- About the Author.

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