Beautiful Homemaking
Johnson
1961
This book is some Christian based cleaning and cooking help. Evidently, the way to heaven is a tidy home and some decent meals. Fine. A lot of folks take homemaking seriously. More power to you.
Tag: homemaking
Keeping House
The New How to Keep House Gillies 1968 Since it is 1968, I doubt this can be considered “new”. This is pretty comprehensive covering budgeting, cleaning, entertaining, and a host of other housewife duties. The cartoon illustrations are on par
Betty Draper Needed a Hobby
The New How to Write for Homemakers
2nd Ed
Richardson and Callahan
1962
Submitter: To say that this book is dated is an understatement. Its gender bias is clear, if implicit. Chapters begin with metaphors likening writing and rhetoric to putting on a dress or following a recipe. The only explicit reference to a man shows him grilling at a barbecue. To be fair, though, the book does offer some reasonable advice on writing and rhetoric. For example, an unappetizing photograph of pineapple in jello does make a few valid points about visual rhetoric. Of course, we would better serve our patrons by providing a contemporary work over this.
A Real Woman
How to be a Successful Housewife/Writer Fantle Shimberg 1979 Submitter: Why is it awful? 1. The gendering of housework. 2. Questioning whether women would really want to write. 3. Keeping your hubby happy?!? Why the hell can’t he handle his
Retro Decorating at its finest!
The Complete Encyclopedia of Homemaking Ideas
Bradford
1968
Barbara Taylor Bradford is back with more decorating and homemaking guidance. (Yes, that Barbara Taylor Bradford.) Prior to her fiction career she had a string of home decorating books. Check the posts here and here.
This is actually a pretty comprehensive book, and absolutely a product of the time. I think almost everyone would get a kick out of this time warp of a book. Many of the rooms look like the Playboy Mansion of the late 1960s was the inspiration.
Be a perfect wife through home decor
Decorating to Please Him Bradford 1970 We are back with another Barbara Taylor Bradford decorating book from the How to be a Perfect Wife series. Make sure you click here for another book in the series. Obviously, being a perfect
Home Ec Flashback
Teen Guide to Homemaking Brinkley, Chamberlin, Champion 1977 This could have been my high school text for home ec and the pictures could have come straight from my high school yearbook. All that is missing is a soundtrack of Saturday
Secrets from the Homemakers
Good Housekeeping’s Guide To Successful Homemaking 1961 How about some modern housekeeping tips? This behemoth of a book would probably require a staff of hundreds to execute all the suggestions and “rules” contained. I was exhausted just reading some pages