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== Christine Frederick, The New Housekeeping, 1913 == | == Christine Frederick, The New Housekeeping, 1913 == | ||
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| − | Christine Frederick claims, “ ‘Motherliness’ and ‘hominess’ in the past have usually meant drudgery. True and better homemaking will come from a higher realization of the tremendous possibilities of the homemaker who uses scientific methods instead of rule-of-thumb” (Smith and Clancy 279). I understand that she emphasizes the use of the scientific method for efficiency in the home in order for homemakers to accomplish the tasks on their to-do lists. However, did she ever add all of those tasks up and then figure out if the homemaker had any personal down time? Did making lists with timed tasks really make homemaking less daunting or did women view them with even more disdain? This sounds like a home version of the perfect factory worker, one who operates like a machine.–Samantha W. | + | '''The principals that are discussed in this article may have worked during this time due to the schedules that people would keep. (Work during the day when it was light, and went to sleep when it was dark) This is not the case now, due to the fact that both men and women have to work.''' They may work different shifts or they may need to have two jobs. People now do things when they can and take as much time as they need to do the task at home. There are still some jobs that require timing for everything; it’s just not talked about as it was during this time. It was new to people so change was not high on people’s priority list. I can’t lie; I myself have found I sometimes time myself doing certain tasks. If I didn’t do that then I would never sleep. -- Pam Petzold |
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| + | '''Christine Frederick claims, “ ‘Motherliness’ and ‘hominess’ in the past have usually meant drudgery. True and better homemaking will come from a higher realization of the tremendous possibilities of the homemaker who uses scientific methods instead of rule-of-thumb” (Smith and Clancy 279).''' I understand that she emphasizes the use of the scientific method for efficiency in the home in order for homemakers to accomplish the tasks on their to-do lists. However, did she ever add all of those tasks up and then figure out if the homemaker had any personal down time? '''Did making lists with timed tasks really make homemaking less daunting or did women view them with even more disdain?''' This sounds like a home version of the perfect factory worker, one who operates like a machine.–Samantha W. | ||
== James O’Connell – 1911 == | == James O’Connell – 1911 == | ||
