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Vintage Course in Homemaking: Lessons from 1937
Take a journey through time to take a genuine advanced course in homemaking from 1937! What did the ladies study then? What did they believe made a house a home? How have beliefs changed over the last century?Topics from this vintage course cover everything from health, menu planning, care of textiles, the design and cleaning of a house, wardrobe and beauty advice, as well as general life tips regarding recreation and finance. While some tips are relics from a bygone era, many have stood the test of time.
346 pages, Paperback
Published June 2, 2018
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February 4, 2024
Formatting is dreadful
While the text stands as an interesting historical document, it's almost certain the publisher took a text file floating around from some book archive and turned it into an ebook with no thought to the headings and so on.
This is kind of dubious, but as a reference you get a lot of insight into the wacky world of almost a century ago. A world where everyone ate a potato a day chased with a pint of milk, and housing was 20% of the family budget and food 25%.
While the text stands as an interesting historical document, it's almost certain the publisher took a text file floating around from some book archive and turned it into an ebook with no thought to the headings and so on.
This is kind of dubious, but as a reference you get a lot of insight into the wacky world of almost a century ago. A world where everyone ate a potato a day chased with a pint of milk, and housing was 20% of the family budget and food 25%.
May 3, 2021
1937 had some progressive ideas!
This was a delight. Seeing some very progressive ideas about the worth of homemaking, the rights of workers, and more was a surprise and a pleasure.
This was a delight. Seeing some very progressive ideas about the worth of homemaking, the rights of workers, and more was a surprise and a pleasure.
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