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Inside stories : a history of the New Zealand housewife, 1890-1975 / Frances Walsh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Godwit, 2011.Description: 375 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781869621650 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • History of the New Zealand housewife
Subject(s):
Contents:
Good housekeeping : the wisdom of a methodical approach to housework -- Child : protecting the mothers and saving the babies -- Filth : extracting household dirt with vim and vigour -- Husband : landing, and then managing her man -- Kitchen : keeping the tins full and getting dinner on the table -- Needle : deft exponents of the domestic arts -- Neighbout : sisterly bonding, or perhaps not -- Shopping : its not always easy, shopping -- Worries : when life got on her nerves -- Servant : saved by the help, plugged and unplugged -- Tub : making it through blue Monday -- Interior : transforming the house into a home -- Putting her feet up : and so to rest, briefly.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary: "All that cooking, cleaning, darning, sewing, decorating, tending children, looking good for "him" when he came drifting in after work ... its always been a challenging life as a housewife. Frances Walsh draws from the many New Zealand womens magaizines that were housewives "bush telegraphs", as well as a link to their sisters and the world beyond their front gates, in an affectionate romp through womens toil and trouble from 1890 to 1975. "Inside stories" puts housewifely business under the spotlight, and reveals the myriad ways in which women dealt with the tyranny of keeping house -- and keeping sane." -- Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Heritage & Archives Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Heritage Collections Reference - not for loan 305.4364 WAL 1 Reference Only T00616152
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 305.4364 WAL 1 Available T00514883
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This affectionate romp through women's toil and trouble over the past 120 years puts housework under the spotlight and shows the myriad ways in which resourceful New Zealand women dealt with the tyranny of keeping house, and keeping sane.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Good housekeeping : the wisdom of a methodical approach to housework -- Child : protecting the mothers and saving the babies -- Filth : extracting household dirt with vim and vigour -- Husband : landing, and then managing her man -- Kitchen : keeping the tins full and getting dinner on the table -- Needle : deft exponents of the domestic arts -- Neighbout : sisterly bonding, or perhaps not -- Shopping : its not always easy, shopping -- Worries : when life got on her nerves -- Servant : saved by the help, plugged and unplugged -- Tub : making it through blue Monday -- Interior : transforming the house into a home -- Putting her feet up : and so to rest, briefly.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references.

"All that cooking, cleaning, darning, sewing, decorating, tending children, looking good for "him" when he came drifting in after work ... its always been a challenging life as a housewife. Frances Walsh draws from the many New Zealand womens magaizines that were housewives "bush telegraphs", as well as a link to their sisters and the world beyond their front gates, in an affectionate romp through womens toil and trouble from 1890 to 1975. "Inside stories" puts housewifely business under the spotlight, and reveals the myriad ways in which women dealt with the tyranny of keeping house -- and keeping sane." -- Back cover.

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