The American Woman’s Home. By Catharine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. First Edition, First Printing. J.B. Ford & Co. New York, 1869.

Author, activist, and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe was a defining figure in the nineteenth century. She led several campaigns for the Abolitionist movement, staunchly advocating for the freedom and fair treatment of Black people in America. She also spoke up for women’s rights, publishing regularly in periodicals about women’s issues and the injustices of servile marriage. In this volume, The American Woman’s Home, Beecher Stowe partners with her sister, Catharine, to provide a manual on domestic labor meant to assist and educate women in America during the nineteenth century. It is a remarkable work cataloguing the often overlooked labor of women during the period. It contains sections on healthy food, proper home ventilation, decorations, caring for the old and sick, keeping a garden, and contributing to the wellbeing of one’s community. It is an important contribution from one of the era’s most influential activist families. It is also an important work of women’s writing, revealing much about their lives and social impact during the period. This first edition, first printing is in very good condition. In the original green cloth with bevelled edges, very good with only rubbing and chipping to spine ends and corners. Gilt still bright. Text block near-fine, only minor rubbing to edges. Former owner’s inscription to flyleaf. With the original frontispiece. A very good first edition of The American Woman’s Home.