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New York: The Norton Library Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Inside Front Cover Pulled From Removal of Pocket; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: N812. Books That Live - The Norton imprint on a book means that in the publisher's estimation it is a book not for a single season but for the years. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. SYNOPSIS: Although she is often remembered only as the sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, there was a time in Catharine Beecher's life when she was more widely known than any member of her eminent family. A pioneering teacher, a writer on moral and religious topics, and an avid publicist for women's education, her name became a household word in the 1840s because of the enormous success of her Treatise on Domestic Economy. This comprehensive guide to all aspects of domestic self-management was part of her effort to create female domain from which… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Previous Owner Markings; Repaired; Light Creasing on Rear Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. BOOK NUMBER: N662. WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NORTON LIBRARY EDITION BY: Anne Firor Scott. COVER ILLUSTRATION: Frontispiece of Martha Bradley's The British Housewife. Books That Live - The Norton imprint on a book means that in the publisher's estimation it is a book not for a single season but for the years. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. SYNOPSIS: One of the classic works in American social history, Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies is the first comprehensive study of the daily life and status of women in southern colonial America. Julia Cherry Spruill researched colonial newspapers, court records, and manuscript materials of every kind, drawing on archives and libraries from Boston to Savannah. The resulting book was, in the words of Arthur Schlesinger, Sr., "a model of… Read More