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100 1 _aCaddy, Florence,
_d1837-1923
245 1 0 _aHousehold Organization
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2010-10-18
508 _aProduced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Household Organization" by Mrs. Caddy is a practical guide focused on improving domestic life and efficiency, likely written in the late 19th century. The work addresses the challenges faced by middle-class families, particularly in managing household responsibilities and employing domestic staff. Drawing on the context of societal changes and economic pressures, the book's central theme revolves around maximizing home comfort and beauty while promoting self-reliance and effective management of domestic tasks. The opening portion of the work sets the tone for a call to action, emphasizing the current domestic difficulties, such as the increasing challenge of finding skilled servants and the need for families to engage more actively in their household management. Mrs. Caddy critiques the previous culture of idleness and excess, contrasting it with the potential benefits of returning to simpler, more manageable lifestyles. She outlines the shift from a reliance on a large staff to a more economical model, with pointed observations on the importance of personal involvement in one's home. The preface serves as an introduction to her philosophy, suggesting that household work can be both practical and enjoyable, and sets the stage for her recommendations throughout the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHome economics
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34097
999 _c74943
_d74943