Isabella Beeton
The 1861 Classic with Advice on Cooking, Cleaning, Childrearing, Entertaining, and More!
As my biography says, I worked for the City of Los Angeles for 30 years. I loved my job, but the job I felt most happy with was my job at home. I loved creating a beautiful home and I just adored raising my son. I was very fortunate that I was able to take many years off work and I even worked part time during my City years. I can tell anyone who might wonder which job was the hardest! The stay at home was the hardest and the most rewarding - I truly was the "Commander of my Home" as Mrs. Beeton says in her book.
From Mrs. Beeton - As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so is it with the mistress of a house. Her spirit will be seen through the whole establishment; and just in proportion as she performs her duties intelligently and thoroughly. Of all those acquirements, which more particularly belong to the feminine character, there are none which take a higher rank than such as enter into a knowledge of household duties; for on these are perpetually dependent the happiness, comfort, and well-being of a family.
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