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Article: Beeton, Isabella Mary
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Isabella Mary Beeton
The British author Mrs. Beeton (1836-1865), born Isabella Mary Mayson, was, in the words of Kathryn Hughes, author of
The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs. Beeton
,
“
the first domestic goddess.
”
Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management
, published in 1861, was a nearly universal fixture in British middle-class households for much of the next century.
In many ways,
Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management
was the predecessor to
Martha Stewart Living, The Joy of Cooking, Ladies' Home Journal
and other glossy magazines of its kind. Its chapters were originally published separately in issues of
The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine
, largely the work of ...