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The housekeeper must consider herself as the immediate representative of her mistress, and bring, to the management of the household, all those qualities of honesty, industry, and vigilance, in the same degree as if she were at the head of her own family…Cleanliness, punctuality, order, and method, are essentials in the character of a housekeeper.

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Isabella Beeton

Isabella Beeton

Born: March 12, 1836
Died: February 6, 1865 (aged 28)
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