Never Done
By Susan Strasser.
Description
Beginning with a description of household chores in the 19th century -- cooking at fireplaces & on cast-iron stoves, laundry done with wash boilers & flatirons, spring housecleaning that had to purge the home of soot & grime, endless water hauling & fire tending -- Strasser demonstrates how industrialization transformed the nature of women's work. Lightening some tasks & eliminating the need for others, new commercial processes altered women's daily lives & relationships -- with each other & with the people they served. Weaves together the history of ...
ISBN(s)
0394708415, 9780394708416
