Housework
Sir,—Bishop Ashby seems poorly informed about the modem middle-class housewife, whose kitchen is little different from 25 years ago. Preparing meals and cleaning pots and stoves are still much the same. The average housewife now works much harder in the laundry than her mother did, chiefly because of higher standards which must be met Children’s clothing and cleaning, answering questions, settling quarrels, all take the same time as before. The housewife
•is often worse off now, as domestic work is not a popular occupation, and few could afford wages to compete with industry. The housewife goes to work for three reasons: (1) economic, (2) to escape from boredom and drudgery, especially if trained before marriage in some interesting job; and (3) to offset the loneliness of most housewives. I do not think many housewives would support the Bishop’s ideas.—Yours, K. J. O’CONNOR. May 31, 1967.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31384, 1 June 1967, Page 12
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