Below Stairs: domestic service remembered in Dublin and beyond 1880-1922 and Husbandry to Housewifery: women, economic change and housework in Ireland 1890-1914
Below Stairs: domestic service remembered in Dublin and beyond 1880-1922 Mona Hearn (Lilliput Press, £) Husbandry to Housewifery: women, economic change and housework in Ireland 1890-1914 Joanna Bourke (Clarendon Press, £) Most dwelling-houses still have kitchens separate from the ‘public’ areas of the house where an impression of effortless ease and comfort is presented, and … Read more