Nineteenth Century American Pioneer








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Exerts from
THE YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER'S FRIEND

This interested piece is from and old book called "The Young Housekeeper's Friend" by Mrs. Cornelius.
Written in 1850 I thought everyone would enjoy this piece about being a proper homemaker!

" A symmetrical education is extremely rare in this country. Nothing is more common than to see  young ladies, whose intellectual attainments are of a high order, profoundly ignorant of the duties which
 all acknowledge to belong peculiarly to women. Consequently, many have to learn, after marriage,  how to take care of a family; and thus their housekeeping is, frequently, little else than a series of
experiments; often successful, resulting in mortification and discomfort in the parlor, and waste and  ill temper in the kitchen.

How often do we see the happiness of a husband abridged by the absence of skill, neatness,  and economy in the wife! Perhaps he is not able to fix upon the cause, for he does not understand minutely enough the processes upon which domestic order depends, to analyze the difficulty; but
 he is conscious of discomfort. However improbable it may seem, the health of many a professional man  is undermined, and his  usefulness curtailed, if not sacrificed, because he habitually eats Bad Bread.  If this subject has a direct bearing upon the health of families, so also does it exert an immediate  influence upon their virtue. There are numerous instances of worthy merchants and mechanics,  whose efforts are
  paralyzed, and their hopes chilled by the total failure of the wife in her sphere of duty;
and who seek solace under their disappointment in the wine party, or the late convivial supper. Many a day  laborer, on his return at evening from his hard toil, is repelled by the sight of a
  disorderly house, and a comfortless supper; and perhaps is met by a cold eye instead of the "thrifty wife's smile;
and he makes his escape to the grog shop, or the under-ground gambling room. Can any human agency hinder  the series of calamities entailed by these things? No! the most active philanthropy, the best schemes of
organized benevolence, cannot furnish a remedy, unless the springs of society are rectified. The domestic  influence of woman is certainly one of these. Eve woman is invested with a great degree of power over the
 happiness and virtue of others. She cannot escape using it, and she cannot innocently pervert it.  There is no
  avenue or channel of society through which it may not send a salutary influence; and  when rightly directly, it is unsurpassed by any human instrumentality in its purifying and restoring efficacy.





The All-American Cowboy Cookbook
Home Cooking on the Range
Over 300 Recipes from the World's Greatest Cowboys
by Ken Beck and Jim Clark
Contains 255 pages of interesting articles, photos and recipes!
Some things you will learn:  Did you know that Ken Curtis, of
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He has a great recipe here for Wild 'N' Wooley Armadillo Eggs!
Great photos of all the great western actors and also
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not trade it for anything!  How about Hugh Obrian's recipe
for O.K. Corral Meatball Soup?   How about a recipe for Eagle-Eye Annie
Oakley's Onion Soup? Get the picture?  The photos are all in B+W and would be worth the price of the book alone..
 
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In 1869, Wyoming was the 1st state that gave women the right to vote, hold office and own property!

Be sure to visit the link below to a very unique story about an 1852 woman  and her family! 
 
Encarnacio n Outrage  from Maples, California 1852

Interesting Facts about Women in Mourning over 100 years ago


MORE BOOKS ON 19TH CENTURY
AMERICAN WOMEN



Prostitution in the Old American West!

Below are good books to research and enjoy!

Prostitution and Victorian Society : Women, Class, and the State
The state regulation of prostitution, as established under the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869,
 and the successful campaign for the repeal of the Acts, provide the framework for this study of alliances between
prostitutes and feminists and their clashes with medical authorities and police. Prostitution and Victorian Society
makes a major contribution to women's history, working-class history, and the social history of medicine and politics.
 It demonstrates how feminists and others mobilized over sexual questions, how public discourse on prostitution redefined
sexuality in the late nineteenth century, and how the state helped to recast definitions of social deviance.
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Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery: Prostitutes in the American West, 1865-90



Prostitution, Polygamy, and Power: Salt Lake City, 1847-1918
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POEM
Women know The way to rear up children (to be just)
They know a simple, merry, tender knack Of tying sashes, fitting baby shoes, And stringing pretty  words that make no sense, 
And kissing full sense into empty words; 
Which things are corals to cut life upon Although such trifles.
By Mrs. Browning: "Aurora Leigh".