How young ladies became girls : the Victorian origins of American girlhood /

How young ladies became girls : the Victorian origins of American girlhood /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunter, Jane (Jane H.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Middle class > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Women > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Girls > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Home economics > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Work:
  • Daughters' lives and the work of the middle-class home
  • Writing and self-culture
  • Reading and the development of taste
  • Geographies:
  • Houses, families, rooms of one's own
  • Interiors
  • Competitive practices
  • High school culture
  • Friendship, fun, and the city streets
  • Endings:
  • Commencement
  • New girls, new women.