Davidson, Sara Mildred

Title

Miss

First name(s)

Sara Mildred

Surname

Davidson

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *2

Lecturer of Domestic Economy to the King's College Ladies' Department, Lent Term 1893

Education & professional details

Publications

• Syllabus of lectures on Domestic Economy... to be given by Miss S M Davidson etc, 1892 
• Monthly Balance Sheets, 1894

Personal details

Date of death ^Ref: *1

July 1893

Notes ^Ref: *5

Although there is very little information on Sara Davidson, her impressive course syllabus was printed in the King's College London (Ladies) Calendar, and is worth summarising:

1. Domestic Economy - the real meaning. Intelligent women... not domestic drudges.
2. House Structure, windows, stairs, roof, fittings.
3. Quality: carpets etc. How to maintain
4. Furniture and china: commercial and practical value.
5. Fuel: candles, lamp oil, regulation of consumption.
6. Arranging commissariat to suit circle, seasons, climate, locality.
7. Staff: qualities etc.
8. Children's minds: plastic, each look, word... a future harvest.
9. Ladies - their own upper gardener, with head or hand.
10. Poultry keeping: does it pay?
11. Carriages: help for those who must have both, or neither.
12. Accounts: the bane of most ladies. How to grapple.

     Samples will be handed round.