Tag Archives: Advice for Women

Bald head? Use some beef.

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 149.  In 1903 a book of useful household advice was published in Australia, How to Make and Save Money.  Some of the advice might not have stood the test of time, so it is probably best to read the … Continue reading →

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Rubbing Furniture with Eels

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 94. For the last couple of snippets we have been looking at The New British Jewel, or Complete Housewife’s Best Companion, published in 1788, a collection of recipes and other practical information. We will return to this book in … Continue reading →

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Gardening Advice, 1788

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 93. Last time we looked at some medical advice from The New British Jewel, or Complete Housewife’s Best Companion, published in 1788, a collection of recipes and other practical information. Reflecting a time where people had to be rather … Continue reading →

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How to Choose a Husband

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 83. Some of the most interesting magazines over the years have been frustratingly short-lived. One such example is The British Apollo, which ran for little more than 3 years, from February 1708 to May 1711. The magazines were later … Continue reading →

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Advice for girls, 200 years ago (Snippets 12)

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Roger Pocock

In the 18th and 19th Centuries there was a trend for publishing books of advice for children.  They were frequently patronising and would nowadays be considered appalingly sexist, as per Youthful Folly Detected by N.H. Walpole (Observatory Press, 1804).  The … Continue reading →

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