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"True or False" by Ernestine Rivers (pseudonym for a woman, Mrs. Rogers) from the Wylie's August 1869 edition of "Ladies' Own Magazine"
Much of the advice literature perpetuated the idea that mothers and wives were largely responsible for the frugality and financial security of their families, blaming women’s wastefulness of family resources as a major cause of debt. In the Wylie’s…
“Is She Happy?” by Katherine Dean from the Wylie’s 1856 May Edition of “Godey’s Lady’s Book”
Featured in the Wylie’s 1856 May edition of “Godey’s Lady’s Book”, the short-story “Is She Happy” by Katherine Dean captured the religiously charged and composed experience of loss and mourning, while also marking the deep attachment of mother and…
American Journal of Science, Volume II, Number 6, page 376
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An address delivered at Bloomington
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An Eulogy on Lafayette
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Baccalaureate Address
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Baccalaureate Discourse to the Graduating Class of the Indiana State University
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Catalogue of the Library of Indiana State University
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First Principles of Chemistry
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Indiana University : its history from 1820, when founded, to 1890 : with biographical sketches of its presidents, professors and graduates : and a list of its students from 1820 to 1887
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Justice. A discourse to the students of the Law department of Indiana University
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Mrs. Hale’s Cookbook
The real experience of mothering existed somewhere between the letters and advise literature. Rebecca Wylie’s copy of Mrs. Hale’s New Book of Cookery and Complete Housekeeper exemplifies this blending. The recipe and remedy advice book, written by…
Sectarianism is Heresy : In Three Parts in Which are Shewn Its Nature, Evils and Remedy
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Sunshine for Little Children
This beautifully illustrated children’s book features the short story, “Beautiful Hands”, which tells the tale of young schoolgirl. At school, a classmate tells the girl that her hands are filthy from domestic work. The young girl’s school teacher…
American Frugal Housewife (Reproduction)
First published in 1829 as The Frugal Housewife, this work of Lydia Maria Child continued to be influential throughout the nineteenth century. Authors, like Child, stressed the necessity of domestic education, and emphasized the importance of…
The Family Nurse (Reproduction)
Originally published in 1837, this work of Lydia Maria Child continued to be influential throughout the nineteenth century. Authors, like Child, emphasized a new ideology of “scientific motherhood” that emphasized a necessity of reliance on medical…
1850 Federal Census
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