HowTos Index
How To Found a Settlement House
A step-by-step guide to founding a settlement house, derived from the actual experiences of women and a few men in founding settlement houses in England and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
How To Produce Flour
An 1884 description of producing flour for use in baking bread, cakes, or pastry.
How To Prepare Flour
An 1884 guide to preparing flour from wheat.
How To Make Soap
Directions from Mary Randolph's cookbook, "The Virginia House-Wife," published in 1824 and updated in 1825 and 1828. Original spelling preserved.
How To Make Yorkshire Pudding
From Fanny Farmer's 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, a "receipt" for Yorkshire Pudding. Note: original language has been preserved.
How To Pick a Women's Studies Program
Whether you're looking for women's studies in college or graduate school, here are some approaches to try when picking the particular school.
How To Be Supportive of a Battered Woman
If you know a woman whom you suspect is being physically abused, how can you help to support her?
How To Create a Notable Woman T-shirt
Do you want to honor a notable woman by wearing her image? Here's the basics of how to create a t-shirt using your computer. It would make a great Women's History Month project -- or any other time of the year.
How To Shell Chestnuts - 1896 Directions
Directions for shelling chestnuts, adapted from an 1896 cookbook. Original terminology and phrasing are preserved.
How To Carve a Turkey - 1776-1805 Directions
A 19th century description of the art of carving a turkey -- with original terminology and phrasing preserved.
How To Manage a Teen - 1831 Style
Management during the Teenage Years, 19th Century Style: a how-to adapted from Lydia Maria Child's 1831 book, The Mother's Book.
How To Destroy the Putrid Smell Which Meat Acquires During the Hot Weather
From an 1805 cookbook: solving a typical 19th century cooking problem. Don't try it today! From The Art of Cooking by Mrs. Glasse, printed in 1805. The original terminology is preserved.
How To Pick a Research Topic
When you are assigned a paper -- in women's history or any other topic for that matter, how can you pick a specific topic for your assignment? Helpful hints for writing a paper in middle school, high school or college.