That may be true, I wonder what other cultural factors are at play as well. It may have been that people were more self-sufficient then, and thus it was not as

That may be true, I wonder what other cultural factors are at play as well. It may have been that people were more self-sufficient then, and thus it was not as disruptive to isolate. It seems appropriate to bring up on International Women's Day that women's labor at the time was largely that of 'homemaker' - a highly self-sufficiency oriented role. To put it in tech terms, there were a lot more people WFH, and a lot less dependencies on external services. Women were only 20% of the labor force at the time vs 47% today [1]. I say this NOT to advocate for a return to this state, just pointing out a large factor to consider, one often overlooked. [1] https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/about/history https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/about/history