"Girl"

The primary speaker, the mother, believes the world is a tough place and it is important for a woman to be able to take care of not only herself, but her house, along with the chores, and her family. Also, I believe she sees the world as a place where appearance is very important and people's judgement is based mostly on appearance. In this list, she covers duties and behaviors a mother would hope to see her daughter exemplify. It seems from all that she hopes to instill in her daughter, she has high hopes for her to grow up to be a strong woman with plenty of knowledge about taking care of the house and family (what could have been the role of women at the time).