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  • Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.
  • Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.
  • Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.
  • Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.
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  • view The housekeeper's guide; or, A plain and practical system of domestic cookery / By the author of "Cottage comforts".
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    The housekeeper's guide; or, A plain and practical system of domestic cookery / By the author of "Cottage comforts".

    Copley, Esther | Date: 1834
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    Kansas State University receipt book and household manual / compiled by G.A. Rudolph.

    Rudolph, G. A | Date: 1968
  • view Domestic duties; or, instructions to young married ladies, on the management of their households and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life / by Mrs. William Parkes.
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    Domestic duties; or, instructions to young married ladies, on the management of their households and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life / by Mrs. William Parkes.

    Parkes, William, Mrs | Date: 1837
  • view The frugal housewife : Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / By Mrs. Child.
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    The frugal housewife : Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / By Mrs. Child.

    Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 | Date: 1835
  • view The making of the home : a book of domestic economy for home and school use / by Mrs. Samuel A. Barnett.
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    The making of the home : a book of domestic economy for home and school use / by Mrs. Samuel A. Barnett.

    Barnett, Henrietta Octavia, Dame, 1851-1936. | Date: 1910
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