"Explores one of the most fundamental and pervasive cultural changes in Western history since the seventeenth century: the personal hygiene revolution. Surveys the great hygienic transformation that took place across Europe and North America over the course of four centuries"--Amazon.
"Ella has moved to the spooky town of Windy Hollow to live with her Great Aunt Raven. She is kept busy by a series of odd jobs arranged by her mysterious aunt. When Madame Pintuck enlists her help scrubbing soiled laundry Ella is less than enthused. Then a stubborn stain on a delicate dress resists Ella's efforts at removal. But the woman who arrives to collect does not seem to notice the flawed fabric"--Amazon.
One sunny Saturday in 1889, Lizzie helps her grandmother scrub, boil, rinse, and hang loads of laundry, although she would rather be having a tea party with her best friend, Lucy, and their dolls, Amelia Cordelia and Belinda Lavinia.