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      Household Administration, Its Place in the Higher Education of Women

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4057664563422

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       PREFACE

       A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF WOMAN’S POSITION IN THE FAMILY By CATHERINE SCHIFF

       THE PLACE OF BIOLOGY IN THE EQUIPMENT OF WOMEN By WENONA HOSKYNS-ABRAHALL, M.A. (Dublin)

       COMMON-SENSE BIOLOGY

       THE IMPORTANCE OF BACTERIOLOGY

       METHOD OF STUDY

       COMMON-SENSE BIOLOGY AS AN ART

       THE GAINS AND LOSSES OF CIVILISATION

       THE INFLUENCE OF COMMON-SENSE BIOLOGICAL TRAINING ON SOCIAL WORK

       ANTHROPOLOGY A BRANCH OF BIOLOGY

       WOMAN’S SYNTHETIC POWERS AS AN INSTRUMENT TO EFFICIENCY

       SCIENCE IN THE HOUSEHOLD By Mrs. W. N. SHAW

       THE AIM AND METHODS OF MODERN EDUCATION

       THE VALUE OF A SCIENTIFIC TRAINING

       PHYSICAL SCIENCE IN THE HOUSEHOLD

       EFFECTS OF CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE ON AIR

       EFFECT OF CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE ON WATER

       RADIANT HEAT

       CONDUCTION OF HEAT

       METHODS OF DOMESTIC HEATING

       CHEMICAL SCIENCE IN THE HOUSEHOLD

       THE CHEMISTRY OF THE BODY

       CONCLUSION

       THE ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF THE HOUSEHOLD By MABEL ATKINSON, M.A. (Glasgow)

       I. INTRODUCTORY

       II. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE POSITION OF THE HOUSEHOLD IN ENGLAND

       III. THE PRESENT ORGANISATION OF THE HOUSEHOLD

       SOME RELATIONS OF SANITARY SCIENCE TO FAMILY LIFE AND INDIVIDUAL EFFICIENCY By ALICE RAVENHILL

       I. MAN’S PLACE IN NATURE

       II. FACTORS ADVERSE TO HUMAN PROGRESS

       III. STAGES IN THE GROWTH OF SANITARY SCIENCE

       IV. WHY THE IDEALS OF MODERN HYGIENE ARE NOT ATTAINED

       V. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MAN’S PHYSICAL NATURE

       VI. THE ORIGIN OF FAMILY LIFE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SANITARY SCIENCE

       VII. WOMAN’S VOCATION IN HOME AND FAMILY LIFE

       VIII. THE FUNCTION OF THE FAMILY IN NATIONAL LIFE

       IX. THE MEANING OF INFANCY

       X. CAUSES WHICH MENACE HEALTHFUL INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

       XI. THE SOURCE OF THESE CAUSES TO BE FOUND IN FAULTY ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOME

       XII. HARMONIES AND DISHARMONIES IN HUMAN LIFE

       XIII. THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HYGIENE IN FAMILY LIFE

       XIV. WOMAN’S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HOME ADMINISTRATION

       XV. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE HOME

       XVI. HOME LIFE AN IMPORTANT SPHERE FOR SANITARY SCIENCE

       MODERN WOMAN AND THE DOMESTIC ARTS By Mrs. R. W. EDDISON Member, Education Committee, West Riding County Council, Etc.

       I. NEEDLEWORK AND DRESSMAKING

       II. HOUSECRAFT

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