Download or read book Making the American Home written by Marilyn Ferris Motz and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation of a house into a home has been in our culture a traditional task of women. The articles examine this process as they reflected the role of American middle-class women as homemakers in the years 1840-1940.