How to be a good wife: pictures with rules of conduct for women from a 19th-century magazine

These illustrations have been on the Internet for a long time, but they are causing a special stir right now, in the wake of the popularity of the feminist movement and the increasing independence of women. Today it is difficult to imagine a situation when a young girl will research a science devoted to how to properly please a future (or already existing) spouse. And just a little over a century ago, this state of affairs was considered absolutely normal and even necessary. Many periodicals published articles and illustrated materials on how to be a truly pleasing wife. We set off a few decades ago to see with our own eyes what it consisted of and what goals the existence of a woman of the 19th century was subordinated to.