Don't be a Slave to Housework

Don't be a Slave to Housework
Author: Pam McClellan
Publisher: North Light Books
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1995
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781558703568

A get-it-straight guide for people who have better things to do than clean. McClellan uses humor to show people how to get the house in order and keep it that way. She offers tips on: arranging schedules for housework, persuading the kids to help, getting the spouse in on the action, and more.

Clean & Green

Clean & Green
Author: Nancy Birtwhistle
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1529049733

Simple swaps and innovative ideas for cleaning and maintaining your home that won't cost the Earth. Learn how easy it is to make simple swaps in your cleaning and tidying methods for a more eco-friendly home. This beautifully illustrated black and white guide with 101 hints and sustainable, natural cleaning tips and hacks will help you take small steps that have a massive positive environmental impact. In Clean & Green, Nancy Birtwhistle shares the simple recipes and methods she has developed since making a conscious effort to live more sustainably, many of which are faster and easier than the go-to products and methods most of us use now. From everyday cleaning and laundry tips to zero-effort oven cleaner and guidance on removing tricky stains from clothing and furniture, these economical, practical methods are perfect for anyone looking to reduce their use of plastic and throwaway products. Nancy shares her tried-and-tested recipes for all-purpose cleaners, replacements for harmful chemicals that will keep both your home and the planet clean and green for future generations.

Housework and Gender in American Television

Housework and Gender in American Television
Author: Kristi Rowan Humphreys
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2015-10-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0739192531

Housework and Gender in American Television: Coming Clean examines representations of housework and their relationships with gender in sixty of the most popular television shows of the 1950s through the 1980s, searching for trends, similarities, inconsistencies, and meaning. Much of the critical scholarship addressing mid-century televised housework claims that domestic activities marginalize female characters, removing them from scenes involving important familial discussions and placing them in devalued positions. This book challenges the notion that housework functions primarily as a mechanism through which female characters are marginalized, devalued, invisible, or passive, and instead proposes a different reading of housework in television, one that brings to the fore the loving, sacrificial, and active qualities so crucial and foundational to housework activity in both representation and reality. These qualities, in turn, attach a strength to female characters, and male characters when applicable, that is often ignored in standard feminist analyses of television. This study reveals roughly twenty trends established in four decades of televised housework, from the housewives of the fifties, to the witches and genies of the sixties, to the elimination of male domestic labor in the seventies, to the dominance of male housekeepers in the eighties.

Housework

Housework
Author: Betsy Warrior
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1986-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780960154449

The Voices From The Past – Hundreds of Testimonies by Former Slaves In One Volume

The Voices From The Past – Hundreds of Testimonies by Former Slaves In One Volume
Author: Work Projects Administration
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 6001
Release: 2024-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN:

The Voices From The Past is a compilation of first-hand testimonies by former slaves, gathered and recorded by the Work Projects Administration. This powerful and poignant book provides readers with a unique insight into the lives and experiences of individuals who were enslaved in America. The raw and unfiltered narratives included in this volume shed light on the hardships, resilience, and strength of those who were oppressed, making it a valuable historical and literary resource. The book is written in a straightforward and unembellished style, allowing the voices of the former slaves to speak for themselves and resonate with readers. The literary context of this work is significant as it captures a crucial period in American history and provides a perspective often overlooked in traditional accounts. The Work Projects Administration, an agency established during the Great Depression, compiled these testimonies as part of their efforts to provide employment for writers and researchers. Their commitment to preserving the stories of those who lived through slavery serves as a testament to the importance of recording marginalized histories. This book stands as a testament to the dedication of the WPA in preserving the voices of the past for future generations. I highly recommend The Voices From The Past to readers interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the human experience during the era of slavery in America. This compelling and enlightening collection of testimonies offers a unique perspective on a dark chapter in our history and is a must-read for those seeking to broaden their knowledge and empathy towards the struggles of the past.

Women of the Revolution

Women of the Revolution
Author: Kira Cochrane
Publisher: Guardian Books
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-03-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0852652623

When hundreds gathered in 1970 for the UK's first women's liberation conference, a movement that had been gathering strength for years burst into a frenzy of radical action that was to transform the way we think, act and live. In the 40 years since then, the feminist movement has won triumphs and endured trials, but it has never weakened its resolve, nor for a moment been dull. The Guardian has followed its progress throughout, carrying interviews with and articles by the major figures, chronicling with verve, wit and often passionate anger the arguments surrounding pornography, prostitution, political representation, power, pay, parental rights, abortion rights, domestic chores and domestic violence. These are articles that, in essence, ask two fundamental questions: Who are we? Who should we be? This collection brings together - for the first time - the very best of the Guardian's feminist writing. It includes the newspaper's pioneering women's editor, Mary Stott, writing about Margaret Thatcher, Beatrix Campbell on Princess Diana, Suzanne Moore interviewing Camille Paglia, and Maya Jaggi interviewing Oprah Winfrey; there's Jill Tweedie on why feminists need to be vocal and angry, Polly Toynbee on violence against women, Hannah Pool on black women and political power, and Andrea Dworkin writing with incendiary energy about the Bill Clinton sex scandal. Lively, provocative, thoughtful and funny, this is the essential guide to the feminist thinking and writing of the past 40 years - the ultimate portrait of an ongoing revolution.

The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves

The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
Author: Aphra Behn
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 10327
Release: 2024-01-18
Genre: History
ISBN:

This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War: Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) The Underground Railroad Harriet Jacobs: The Moses of Her People Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! The Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth The History of Mary Prince Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William & Ellen Craft) Thirty Years a Slave (Louis Hughes) Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) Fifty Years in Chains (Charles Ball) Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson) A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold) From the Darkness Cometh the Light (Lucy A. Delaney) Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America Narrative of Joanna Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley Buried Alive Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain Documents: The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade History of American Abolitionism from 1787-1861 Pictures of Slavery in Church and State Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address XIII Amendment Civil Rights Act of 1866 XIV Amendment ...

THE VOICES FROM THE MARGINS: Authentic Recorded Life Stories by Former Slaves from 17 American States

THE VOICES FROM THE MARGINS: Authentic Recorded Life Stories by Former Slaves from 17 American States
Author: Work Projects Administration
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 6007
Release: 2017-10-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 8027225051

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "THE VOICES FROM THE MARGINS: Authentic Recorded Life Stories by Former Slaves from 17 American States". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Step back in time and meet everyday people from another era: This edition brings to you the complete collection of hundreds of life stories, incredible vivid testimonies of former slaves from 17 U.S. southern states, including photos of the people being interviewed and their extraordinary narratives. After the end of Civil War in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. There were several efforts to record the remembrances of the former slaves. The Federal Writers' Project was one such project by the United States federal government to support writers during the Great Depression by asking them to interview and record the myriad stories and experiences of slavery of former slaves. The resulting collection preserved hundreds of life stories from 17 U.S. states that would otherwise have been lost in din of modernity and America's eagerness to deliberately forget the blot on its recent past. Contents: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia