Vintage house wife

Page 4 of the 1952 Electrolux Vacuum Users Manual

Hats off to housewives every where. It is one of the toughest jobs any where. Responsibility and activity are two requirements of the job of a housewife. Long hours without pay is demanded and the day may start at sunrise and continue til bedtime. While there may be a break sometime during the day it is normally taken while doing another chore such as folding laundry. For many families the housewife is also in charge of having food on the table at proper times. Creating and keeping a budget…

Clever kitchens. c. 1957 From the Association for Preservation Technology (APT) - Building Technology Heritage Library, an online archive of period architectural trade catalogs.

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You’re probably familiar with the article published in Housekeeping Monthly in May of 1955 on how to be a good wife. It was called, “The Good Wife’s Guide,” and it detailed all the ways that a wife should act and how best she can be a partner to her husband and a mother to her

Although they ate more saturated fat and were more likely to smoke in 1951, women also took far more exercise - largely because household chores were harder.