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Cover of Women, Beauty and Fashion

Women, Beauty and Fashion

Edited by Monika Pietrzak-Franger

  • Published: 17 Jan 2014
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780415680400
  • Set ISBN: 9780415680400

Set Contents

Beauty, Education and Self-Management

Volume Contents

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    Front Matter
  • Beauty and (Physical) Education
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      Excerpts from Women in the Reign of Queen Victoria, London: Dean & Son, 1876, pp. 48–98 By Madame R. A. Caplin; Dr John Mill
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        III
        Causes of Female Debility
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        IV
        Bodily Culture
    • Excerpts from The Girl’s Own Book of Health and Beauty, (London: Jarrold & Sons, 1892, pp. 58–96, 108–115, 168–182 By Gordon Stables
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        Preface
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        VII
        Exercise—Clothing—Hobbies
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        VIII
        Athletics for Girls
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        Healthful Recreations
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        Cycling as a Cure for Chronic Ailments
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        XI
        What Cycling Can Cure
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        XIII
        Gloxinia Schizandria Aramantha C
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        The Health Value of Certain Pastimes
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        XXI
        How Fanny Ffisher Lost Her Figure, and Found It Again
    • Excerpts from Every Girl’s Book of Sport, Occupation and Pastime, Routledge & Sons: London, 1897 [1896], pp. 178–276 Edited by Mrs Mary Whitley
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        Riding By Miss Ethel Lloyd
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        Driving
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        Cycling By Lillias Campbell Davidson
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        Rowing
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        Swimming
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        Skating By Alice M. Tebbutt
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        Gardening By E. L. Chamberlain
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        Dairy Farming By Lady John Hay
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        Golf By Issette Pearson
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        Lawn Tennis
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        Cozari
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        Croquet
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        Cricket
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        Badminton
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        Games of Ball
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        Egyptian and Indian Games
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        Archery
  • Self-Management, Economy and the Woman Consumer
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      The Lady’s Shopping Manual and Mercury Album, T. Hurst: London: 1834, pp. 1–98 By E. E. Perkins
    • How to Dress Well on a Shilling a Day, London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, 1876, pp. 1–126 By Sylvia
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        I
        Economy in Dress
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        II
        Dressmaking at Home.–Introductory Remarks
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        III
        Lessons in Dressmaking: Lesson 1. Self-Measurement.
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        Lesson 2. Cutting out and Making a Basque Bodice and a Jacket
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        Lesson 3. Cutting out and Making a Skirt
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        VI
        Lesson 4. Trimmings
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        VII
        Lesson 5. Turning and Altering
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        VIII
        On Dyeing and Cleaning
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        IX
        On the Etiquette of Mourning
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        Furs
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        XI
        Taste in Jewellery
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        XII
        What to Wear and When to Wear It
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        XIII
        On Trousseaux
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        XIV
        On Washing and Getting up Laces and Fine Things
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        XV
        On Shopping
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        XVI
        Children's Clothing