16626 Victorian The History of a Young

The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life

Necessary for dressmakers as well as for ladies to keep up on Paris happenings

Covers everything from how to manage servants to how to dress a wound

They expanded their domestic world outward and used gardens in their writing and art

and beverages

16626 Victorian The History of a YoungExplores previously neglected women's roles in the Enlightenment. Ruth Perry discusses Mary Astell's involvement in the Enlightenment. Hunt's essay is "Hawkers, Bawlers, and Mercuries: Women and the London Press in the Early Enlightenment." Jacob covers "Women, Freemasonry, and the Paradox of the Enlightenment." Mack gives an in depth discussion of women's response to and involvement with the Enlightenment. Like new, as published without jacket.