American Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who are Not Ashamed of Economy (Cooking in America) - Hardcover

Child, Lydia Maria

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Synopsis

The Landmark American Guide to Housekeeping 

First published in 1828, with other thirty-two edition later, author, journalist, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist, Lydia Maria Child wrote this popular book as a nineteenth-century manual for homemakers. Including historic recipes, remedies, advice on parents, and tips for housekeeper, this landmark publication defined a uniquely American approach to homemaking for generations.

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About the Author

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, Indian rights activist, novelist, and journalist. Her 1833 book An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans was the first anti-slavery work printed in America in book form, while her American Frugal Housewife, was a wildly popular nineteenth-century manual for homemakers. Best known for her Thanksgiving poem Over the River and Through the Woods, she wrote prolifically throughout her life.

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