Depicts the working and social aspects of an older lady's day in the early 1800's. Fun images, historical information, and funny anecdotes show how busy an older lady was running a household, hosting social events, plus raising children. Light-hearted look at the longer Regency years and an easy to read overview of what a lady did, wore, worked and played. Plenty of information for history buffs, and lots of pictures to help readers and writers of historical fiction visualize the years from the end of the 18th Century until Queen Victoria's reign.