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Practical hints to young females, on the duties of a wife, a mother, and a mistress of a family, Ann Taylor

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Practical hints to young females, on the duties of a wife, a mother, and a mistress of a family, Ann Taylor

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Practical hints to young females

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

912414292

Responsibility statement

Ann Taylor

Series statement

Cambridge library collection. EducationCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

on the duties of a wife, a mother, and a mistress of a family

Summary

Displaying her intellectual and literary abilities from a young age, 'Mrs Taylor of Ongar' (1757–1830) enjoyed writing all her life. She had eleven children, of whom six (four of them writers) survived to adulthood. Her published works began with advice books for her own daughters, produced when increasing deafness made ordinary conversation difficult for her. Given the difficulty of providing advice equally appropriate to girls at all levels of society, this 1815 work is addressed to 'females in the middle ranks'. It is assumed that a girl's aspiration, as well as her destiny, is to be a wife and mother: conduct towards the husband, and the rearing of children, are of prime importance. But there is also a chapter for the husband, pointing out his reciprocal duties to his wife as an equal partner in their relationship. The book offers fascinating insights into the middle-class ideal of domestic happiness.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Advertisement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conduct to the husband -- 3. Domestic economy -- 4. Servants -- 5. Education -- 6. Sickness -- 7. Visitors -- 8. Keeping at home -- 9. Recreation -- 10. The step-mother -- 11. To the husband -- 12. Conclusion

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