American Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy

by Lydia Maria Child

Overview

Includes interesting recipes, remedies, advice on parenting, and tips for housekeepers. From 1832-1845, this popular book went through thirty-two editions. 90084

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780918222985
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/01/1989
Series:	Cooking in America
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	9.32(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)

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, first published in 1828, was a wildly popular nineteenth-century manual for homemakers. Other works from Child, who is best remembered for her Thanksgiving poem "Over the River and Through the Woods," include The Mother's Book, The Girl's Own Book, and The Family Nurse.