Editing Lydia Maria Child (section)

===Early writings===
Following the success of ''Hobomok'', Child wrote several novels, poetry, and an instruction manual for mothers, ''The Mothers Book''; but her most successful work was ''The Frugal Housewife. Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of Economy''. This book contained mostly recipes, but also contained this advice for young housewives, "If you are about to furnish a house, do not spend all your money.... Begin humbly."<ref name="Lydia Maria Child"/> First published in 1829, the book was expanded and went through 33 printings in 25 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lydia Maria Child|url=http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_06.cfm|website=Feeding America|access-date= July 5, 2015|archive-date= August 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819130126/http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_06.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref> Child wrote that her book had been "written for the poor&nbsp;... those who can afford to be [[wikt:epicure|epicures]] will find the best of information in the ''Seventy-five Receipts''" by [[Eliza Leslie]].<ref name="The American Frugal Housewife">{{cite web|title=The American Frugal Housewife|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D3AEAAAAYAAJ&q=intitle:The+intitle:American+intitle:Frugal+intitle:Housewife|access-date= July 5, 2015|last1 = Child|first1 = Lydia Maria|year = 1841}}</ref>

Child changed the title to ''The American Frugal Housewife'' in 1832 to end the confusion with the British author [[Susannah Carter]]'s ''[[The Frugal Housewife]]'' first published in 1765, and then printed in America from 1772. Child wrote that Carter's book was not suited "to the wants of this country".<ref name="The American Frugal Housewife" /> To add further confusion, from 1832 to 1834 Child's version was printed in London and Glasgow. Around this time she also published in ''[[The Token]]'' annual [[gift book]].<ref>{{cite book | url = https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/volume-xvi-american-early-national-literature-part-ii-later-national-literature-part-i/18-the-token/ | title = The Cambridge History Of English And American Literature | volume = 16: Early National Literature, Part II; Later National Literature, Part I  | chapter = Magazines, Annuals, and Gift-books, 1783–1850 § 18. The Token | access-date = January 31, 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240615064931/https://www5.bartleby.com/lit-hub/volume-xvi-american-early-national-literature-part-ii-later-national-literature-part-i/18-the-token/ | archive-date = June 15, 2024 | last = Cairns | first = William B. | editor1-first = W. P. | editor1-last = Trent  |editor2-first =J. | editor2-last = Erskine | editor3-first = S. P. | editor3-last = Sherman | editor4-first = C. | editor4-last = Van Doren | year = 1918 | url-status = live}}</ref>