> Non-working mothers is a modern anomaly. It used to be a sign of wealth for a man to have a non-working wife. Running an aristocratic, bourgeois or farming h

> Non-working mothers is a modern anomaly. It used to be a sign of wealth for a man to have a non-working wife. Running an aristocratic, bourgeois or farming household is a full time job, just as much as being an office manager. Post WW2 mass affluence with lesser time demands for running a household due to domestic appliances and other convenience led quickly to women exiting full time household management and joining the labor market.