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“Doubtless I didn't want to clutter your executive day with trivial housewifery.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
But by his side we also have Samuel Richardson, whose novel “Pamela” was a blueprint for how chaste women should behave in the face of avid pursuit, encouraging a zeal for housewifery. Philanderers, Predators and Pickup Artists: A History 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z
Feminism and housewifery are not mutually exclusive, but true equality will never happen if we aren’t equal in the home. Are cleaning gurus sweeping an epidemic under the carpet? 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z
I said to my girlfriends, "Full-time mothering and housewifery is way harder than what I do for work. Much harder. And there's way more at stake, obviously." Katherine Heigl unfiltered: "I know my value. Beauty ... is the least interesting thing about me" 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z
Surprisingly for such a proud and unapologetic feminist, McDormand attributes her skills as a producer to her experiences in housewifery. Frances McDormand embraces abrasive 'Olive Kitteridge' 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z
Or is it — could it be? — a parody of patriarchal office culture, of the mythology of the dream of suburbia and housewifery? Warming up to “Baby It’s Cold Outside”: What my mother taught me about the guy who wrote the “date-rape” Christmas song 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z
The writer Joanne Stang called her the “virtually uncontested popularity queen of weekly television,” marveling that Ms. Moore “has made housewifery a highly palatable pastime.” ‘Mad About Mary’: How The Times Covered Mary Tyler Moore 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z
Franklin sees these themes as “profoundly interconnected” — different versions of women’s tensions in the 1950s when they were expected to express all their creative energies in housewifery. ‘Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z
Last week, feminists celebrated the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s book, which explores the ways in which traditional conceptions of motherhood and housewifery stifle and demean women and diminish society as a whole. Is motherhood causing my depression? 2013-02-25T23:30:00Z
Her life is airless, packed with stultifying tasks: “Japanese motherhood and its attendant housewifery is a cult,” says Mizuki. In Tokyo, a Trapped Wife Seeks Excitement 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z
She told the online publication Literary Hub that the theater company was her opportunity to “leave housewifery behind.” Cecile Pineda, wide-ranging Latina author, dies at 89 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z
The tension between socially acceptable housewifery and creative ambition is certainly easy to find in Jackson’s life, but it’s rather harder to locate in her fiction. The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z
They are not exactly “Fifty Shades of Grey”, the West’s self-published sex sensation of recent times: many are classic Cinderella stories or pious parables about housewifery. Fifty Shades, Sahel-style 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z
But it's also far from a tale of passive housewifery. 'Waitress' writer Jessie Nelson embodies the low-key feminism of her latest work 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z
She’d set up the ironing board and its accessories like a shrine to housewifery. Antonya Nelson: “Literally.” 2012-11-26T05:00:00Z
"But you do not understand, and you try to make me staid, and thoughtful, and a good mother, when I am dying for life, and excitement, and care not that for housewifery!" The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z
Then the return, to find herself mistress of Harry's mansion, hostess to all of his friends, sole ruler over all the vast domain of housewifery. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z
But she could just sit by the fire in her high-backed chair, and do knitting, while Jeannie attended to the housewifery. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z
Mrs Woodville, the mother, had been brought up with all the ideas of economy and housewifery which at that time of day prevailed in the city, and influenced the education of the daughters of citizens. Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z
He went into a dissertation on the unsurpassed excellence of Dutch housewifery, and extolled the Dutchwoman’s knowledge in all branches of cookery, and the special preparation of the produce of the country. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z
"How you've forgotten!" she cried, and ran up to him, rattling her keys and looking grave with housewifery, and I was left alone with the dusk and the familiar things. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z
Mother, thee knows that thee likes to have me excel in housewifery, and how can I do so unless I practice the art? Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z
She could not be wholly wrapped up in her housewifery. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z
She is so zealous in her housewifery, that, at times, she gets up in the middle of the night, and dusts everything anew. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
All perfect housewifery or national economy is known by these two divisions; wherever either is wanting, the economy is imperfect. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z
From the clear soup, to the ice-cream, syllabubs, and frosted cake which were the dessert, each dish bespoke intelligent and elegant housewifery. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z
Like the German girl, who is trained to housewifery and little else from her earliest years, she has a dough-like heaviness about her when other topics are started. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z
There was evidently some decided incongruity between the old Scotchman's statement and his quaint housewifery, as he wrapped a cloth reduced to strings around a fork and washed out a coffee-pot with the improvised mop. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z
This young person's housewifery frenzy always put me in mind of another soul who could not rest—Hokusai, who at about a hundred and ten was spoken of as "the old man mad about painting." Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z
David Harcourt, meantime, had long since reached home after his interview with Miss L’Estrange, whereupon Mrs. Grover had presented him with her first specimen of housewifery in the shape of a lunch. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z
Formerly the houses in such streets wore an air of sobriety and respectability, and the good housewifery which reigned within was symbolized by the bright polish of the brass door-plate, or bell-pull, or knocker. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z
The girls in Syria are principally educated in housewifery, such as baking, washing, cooking, etc.  The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z
But thanks to nautical housewifery, its richness could not be enjoyed from the decks. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z
"Take them," he says, "from their housewifery and they are good for nothing." Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z
The cooking-schools are helping us in another useful branch of housewifery. Household Organization
From the very beginning, Aunt Peace had taught Iris the principles of dainty housewifery. The Master's Violin
Very early in life she began to supplement Pearl's feeble housewifery, but it was not until her ninth year that Susan decided to bring about a domestic revolution. The Book of Susan A Novel
She was extremely accomplished, not merely in the accomplishments of a blue-stocking but in art, and even in housewifery. A Short History of French Literature
Their mind stretches far beyond the narrow circle of housewifery. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4.
Functions beyond those of housewifery and maternity were conceded to woman. Women of Early Christianity
For the child wife must be taught the duties of housewifery. Oriental Women
Telemachus gently rebukes his mother for interrupting the song of the minstrel, and bids her return to her chamber and to her own housewiferies, the loom and distaff, and bid the handmaids ply their tasks. Greek Women
On the other hand, though the most serious charges against his wife seem to rest on no foundation, it is certain that she had little aptitude for housewifery. A Short History of French Literature
Three steadinesses of good womanhood: keeping a steady tongue; a steady chastity; a steady housewifery. Ancient Irish Poetry
Three steadinesses of good womanhood: keeping a steady tongue, a steady chastity, and a steady housewifery. The Triads of Ireland
You know that we have servants to do every thing that is necessary about the house, so that there is no occasion for my making any display of housewifery excellence. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings
If single, taste and housewifery are combined within even the narrow limits of one or two rooms. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865
He looked about upon the small, cheaply furnished room, full of the neat makeshifts of cramped housewifery. Dr. Sevier
Moreover, good housewifery is the best recommendation to a good husband, and engages men to honourable attachment to you; she who is a tidy servant gives promise of being a careful wife. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
Commonly pride of housewifery incited to it—therefore it must be a triumph. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South
No one with a high respect for housewifery could have written that line. Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare
I have work enough around the place for the man, the boy can go to school, and the Lady Mother will train the daughter in the ways of housewifery. Master of the Vineyard
The careless luxury of her way of entertaining him, was in strongest contrast to the sweet, thoughtful, delicate housewifery of his wife. The End of a Coil
This disgrace to her housewifery affected Mrs. Macdonald almost as feelingly as the danger they were in. The True Story Book
But I think that Mis' Holcomb pleased me most, for with the utensils of housewifery in her hands she seemed utterly to have forgotten that there is no use in anything at all. Friendship Village
When ladies delighted in lace-working, and in starching and preparing their produce most carefully, they showed their good housewifery in washing and ironing it with their own hands. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture
In the lives of most women, of the vast majority, the clatter and clash of housewifery prelude and postlude the spring song of their years. The Branding Iron
As the girls grew up they were made to perfect themselves in good housewifery Little Gidding and its inmates in the Time of King Charles I. with an account of the Harmonies
She thinks a knowledge of housewifery comes by instinct; and so it is that she cares more for her French and her piano than for those studies which would fit her for domestic duty. The Young Maiden
We shall be your neighbors in the New Town, and intend to live very quietly; Charlotte will need many lessons from Miss R. in housewifery. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)
Women who learn housewifery, methods of modern cooking, sewing, and sanitation in the domestic-economy schools, are bound to cast about the home upon their return the atmosphere of a civilized community. The New World of Islam
Mistress Winter was one of the last people in the world to permit religion to take precedence of housewifery. For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary
Like all of her sect, whether in town or country, Bulah, the wife of Micajah Warner, was a woman of even temper, untiring industry, and great skill in housewifery. My First Cruise and Other stories
Let housewifery appear: keep close, I thee command. King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre
In all households, even in those of great wealth and many servants, assistance was given in all housewifery by the daughters of the household. Home Life in Colonial Days
Mrs. P. My housewifery is but small; but God gave me grace to go to the true church. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs
The young men who return from this school will be less apt than they should be to value good housewifery in their wives and mothers. Irish Books and Irish People
In the matter of housewifery little Grace was almost equal to big Grace, her respected mother; in downright honesty and truthfulness she greatly excelled her. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
She could read without much spelling, prided herself on her housewifery, especially on her gooseberry wine, and was really proud of her excellent husband. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3
They furnished his cabin with the various implements used in Indian housewifery—the skins to form the bed, the boiling pot, and the roasting spit. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2
If it had not been that103 your days seemed very full with your guest and your housewifery, I should have put it to you before now. Under the Country Sky
Practice and drill in all of the processes involved in housewifery are essential to successful training. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools
They were four spinsters of Irish descent who kept this small inn, and all that good housewifery could do to make it comfortable was done. The Mermaid A Love Tale
All perfect housewifery or national economy is known by these two divisions; wherever either10 is wanting, the economy is imperfect. A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market)
But there is no more poetry in it than in his description of Herr Van Tassel’s supper table, covered with all the luxuries of Dutch housewifery. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1
It was a picture of domestic suggestion, a subtle insinuation of home, the unconscious appeal of inherent housewifery to inherent husbandhood. A Chance Acquaintance
The warder cries the hour of noon, on which the party breaks up, and the queen, with more housewifery than majesty, hastens away to expedite her royal husband's dinner. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists
She is fitted, by long years of inherited housewifery, to do this and then that with untiring devotion to the interests of her household. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future
The first, which is most limited, embraces the routine of housewifery and the management of the ordinary concerns of domestic life. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3
She dreamed of her good housewifery; she dreamed of the butter she would make; she dreamed of her husband coming home to meals all ready and well cooked. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel
That is to say, That they will teach the s:d apprentice or Cause her to be taught in the Art of good housewifery, and also to read and write well. The Adventures of Ann Stories of Colonial Times
He stopped crying in order to watch them, for their housewifery interested him vastly. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4
Some men—and they are not all ignorant men—are beginning to be alarmed at the press of women into other—I had almost said any other—avenues of labor than that of housewifery. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)
Thy spinning is a fine excuse for idling away thy time in the parlour, when thou mightest be learning housewifery below. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot
Bread," said Mr. Pierce to Amy, "is the crowning test of housewifery. Holiday Stories for Young People
In this now sat Mrs. Grizel Kerr, a pleasant, elderly, comely body, noted for her housewifery and her garden of herbs. Foes
As they were bidding Mistress Lettice farewell, with many compliments on her housewifery and her zeal for the settlement, Pocahontas appeared at the door. The Princess Pocahontas
But the head forester had insisted that his daughter should show she was not educated in housewifery alone, but had learned something at boarding-school as well. The Northern Light
The tailor had not disappointed him; and Kathleen, to do her justice, took care that the proofs of her good housewifery should be apparent in the whiteness of his linen. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
This has been reconstructed from fossils in the folk lore of agriculture and housewifery, in old customs, ceremonies, festivals, games; in myths and fairy tales and age-worn words. The Living Present
The gradual social settlement after the Civil War, destined to develop into stagnation under the first Georges, caused didactic works, guides to manners, housewifery and sport, society handbooks, to proliferate. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple
Sundry poems on husbandry, housewifery, and the like, by Thomas Tusser; but as the tract is mutilated up to cap. 3., Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850
As you take great interest in housewifery concerns, I shall send you a recipe for what we call hop- rising*. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
“Time, and life, and wifehood teach lessons,” murmured Mrs. Woodford in consolation, and the Doctor changed the subject by asking Peregrine whether the ladies abroad were given to housewifery. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago
Miss Ewing’s early education was confined to learning to read and write, and in acquiring a thorough knowledge of housewifery. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland
The minimum qualifications now required by most education authorities are diplomas for cookery, laundry-work, and housewifery, granted by a training school recognised by the Board of Education. Women Workers in Seven Professions
Hesperus lays bare many little wiles dear to feminine hearts, and contains some keenly sympathetic satire on German housewifery. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
A systematic, thorough housekeeper, with as exalted ideals in all the affairs which pertain to good housewifery as in those matters which are generally thought to transcend these humble occupations. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
A feat of practical housewifery, which my mother used to tell of, shows another side of the Rhode-Islander, which is not less illustrative of the stock. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I
The cleanliness of Dutch housewifery was always extreme. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
Her housekeeping, but for her pets, would have been the proper housewifery for a fairy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861
Yet here was no fault of housewifery; the curse could not be lifted, as the ingrained smudges permanent on the once white woodwork proved. Alice Adams
A woman made for comfort, housewifery, and motherhood, and by no means for racing about Europe in charge of a disreputable parent. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
My heart bleeds for many a young couple whom I see launching out into the sea of matrimony with no housewifery experience. In Darkest England and the Way Out
It showed an eagerness for adventure, a readiness for the hand-to-mouth, which the care she took of her home and her love of good housewifery made not a little remarkable. Moon and Sixpence
When the schoolmaster got back Sue was making a pretence of doing some housewifery as if she lived there. Jude the Obscure
The faces of Master Headley and Tib Steelman were a sight, both having seen only too much of what the housewifery at Salisbury had been.  The Armourer's Prentices
It fell therefore, and had always fallen to the only daughter, who was not made for housewifery tasks, and detested the half-yearly linen day accordingly. Delia Blanchflower
A month spent before marriage in a training home of housewifery would conduce much more to the happiness of the married life than the honeymoon which immediately follows it. In Darkest England and the Way Out
But Sylvia longs for liberty, and those necessary gallantries, which every day diminished; she loved rich clothes, gay coaches, and to be lavish; and now she was stinted to good housewifery, a penury she hated. Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister
Young ladies cannot tell into what situations events may throw them; and I would strongly recommend the revival of that obsolete study called good housewifery. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain
Jack and Kate were in the house-place busy with all sorts of housewiferies, in which he was as interested as she. The Yeoman Adventurer
It is one of the significant signs of the times that science and education, as well as philanthropy, are occupying themselves just now with childhood and motherhood and housewifery. Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates
How tragic a thing for her, who prided herself on her housewifery, to have no sherry when it was asked for! Gone to Earth
She does not take kindly to housewifery, and languishes until friends persuade her mother to let her attend a ball. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood
She is a care of necessity and a course of thrift, a book of housewifery and a mirror of modesty. Character Writings of the 17th Century
Economy -- N. economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness†, retrenchment. savings; prevention of waste, save-all; cheese parings and candle ends; parsimony &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Why may not housewifery be reduced to a system as well as the other arts? Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates
He urges economy in the household, and continues:—'But the fury of housewifery will soon subside; and little effect will be produced, but by methodical attention and even frugality.' Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784
But sometimes, when little Helen proffered her assistance, Tira let the child try her hand, taking great pains to instruct her in housewifery, warmly praising her successful essays, and finding excuses for every failure. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857
Mandy had said truly that there wasn't a thing on the farm she didn't love to do, and the gift of housewifery ran in the family. The Power and the Glory
Late in October they found themselves destitute of many articles which even in those days of primitive housewifery and husbandry, were considered of prime necessity. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic"
It taught preserving and comfit making, cooking, and housewifery. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
She was a housewife of repute, devoted to every detail of housewifery and economics. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
I have not the vanity to believe that my maiden attempt at housewifery will be attended by the distinction that has crowned yours, but practice will perfect in this, as in other labors. At Last
It was only the good housewifery of Mistress Katharine, and the extreme moderation of old Gottlieb, that enabled them to live happily on the little they possessed. Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1
Madame Foucault was amazed at the thoroughness of her housewifery, and at the ingenuity of her ideas for the arrangement of furniture. The Old Wives' Tale
The upper edges being carefully worked to a fine edge, the only housewifery implement that the blacks possess is perfect. Confessions of a Beachcomber
Everything must be visited with her; her precocious housewifery must be admired; her arrangements must be applauded. The Wedding Guest
She lived in a region of ideals, whence ugly facts were swept out by some process of mental housewifery which kept her world perpetually smiling and immaculate. The Valley of Decision
Sally, her housewifery duly accomplished in the invisible regions, came back and sat by the fireside. The Unclassed
Every one had some story of her pride, neglect, or bad housewifery. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2
It must need careful housewifery to keep these poor creatures on two francs a day and make a profit for yourself. Idle Ideas in 1905
She attended to a few closing details of housewifery, and a few minutes later they retired for the night. Desperate Remedies
After visits and finery, a married woman of the old school had nothing to do but to attend to her housewifery. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners
She considers her husband as her steward, and looks upon discretion and good housewifery as little domestic virtues unbecoming a woman of quality.  Essays and Tales
She was helping Chloe set the table, to that lady's intense delight at "Missy's" girlish housewifery. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories
We always use kettle-holders; didn’t you learn housewifery as far as that, Mr. Dewy?  Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school
The girls were brought up by their mother indoors in all the labours of housewifery, but also in the delicate art of needlework, so much more exquisite in those days than now. Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death
They have no education, no taste for reading, no housewifery, nor indeed any earthly occupation, but that of dressing their hair, and adorning their bodies. Travels through France and Italy
You perceive, my child, how much we are indebted to Remarkable for her skill in housewifery. The Pioneers
Her cleanliness in housewifery was distracting to behold. Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners)
Howbeit go to thy chamber and mind thine own housewiferies, the loom and distaff, and bid thy handmaids ply their tasks. The Odyssey Done into English prose
But there is safety in a spinning instrument, and all the compliments to the lady, “the dainty-ankled Theugenis,” turn on her skill, and industry, and housewifery Letters on Literature
Thou hast fifty women-servants in thy halls, that we have taught the ways of housewifery, how to card wool and to bear bondage. The Odyssey Done into English prose
But do thou go to thine own chamber and mind thine own housewiferies, the loom and distaff, and bid thine handmaids ply their tasks. The Odyssey Done into English prose
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