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I would assume that most of the women reading the book did not have extra rooms for laundry. I think Beecher is talking about an ideal. But, I think it is interesting that today we have just that a "laundry room" in most houses. --- Michelle . | I would assume that most of the women reading the book did not have extra rooms for laundry. I think Beecher is talking about an ideal. But, I think it is interesting that today we have just that a "laundry room" in most houses. --- Michelle . | ||
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| + | I agree. if Beecher is talking about people with extra room just for laundry, she's writing to a very small audience of rather wealthy women. Her experience of running a household probably isn't like the experiences of poorer women; they were more likely to have other work to do too, I imagine. -- Katie C. | ||
== Catharine Sedgwick, “First to None,” 1828 == | == Catharine Sedgwick, “First to None,” 1828 == | ||
