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Hannah Woolley, sometimes spelled Wolley, (1622–c.1675) was an English writer who published early books on household management and was probably the first to earn their living doing this. ==Life== Her mother and elder sisters were all skilled in "Physick and Chirurgery" and she learned from them. Nothing is known of her father.〔Considine, John; Wolley, Hannah (b. 1622?, d. in or after 1674), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 23 Sept 2009 )〕 From 1639 to 1646 Woolley worked as a servant for an unnamed woman, almost certainly Anne, Lady Maynard (d. 1647), during which time she learned about medical remedies and recipes.〔 She married Jerome Woolley, a schoolmaster, in 1646 and ran with him a free grammar school at Newport, in Essex. This is very near the Maynard family's house at Little Easton.〔 In the school she put into practice her skills at "physick".〔 A few years later, the Woolleys opened a school in Hackney, London. She had at least four sons and two daughters, and the marriage was remembered by Hannah as a happy one.〔 Hannah was widowed in 1661 and from that year on began publishing books on household management. She covered such topics as: recipes, notes on domestic management, embroidery instruction, the etiquette of letter writing, medicinal advice, and perfume making. These proved to be very popular.〔 Her first book, '' The Ladies Directory'', was published at her own expense in 1661, and this was soon reprinted in 1664. Her second book, ''The Cooks Guide'', was printed at her publisher's expense and is dedicated to Maynard's daughter, Lady Anne Wroth (1632–1677), and her own daughter, Mary.〔 Woolley earned a reputation as a successful physician, despite her amateur status and the unwelcoming environment for female medical practitioners at that time in history.〔 She used her books as an advertisement for her skills and invited her readers to consult her in person. Woolley remarried in 1666 at St. Margaret's, Westminster, to Francis Challiner, a widower two years older than herself. But her second husband died before February 1669.〔 Woolley's own date of death is unknown. She did not react, as she had done previously, to another plagiarised work of 1675 called '' The Accomplish'd Ladies Delight'' so it is likely that she did not live to see it appear.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hannah Woolley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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