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The dishwasher, maybe not, but a washing machine is reducing the laundry work by a lot. Have you ever tried to do your laundry by hand?

• asdff 2y ago
  In those days you had fewer clothes and wore them longer between washes as well. Something to consider as we dedicate time to fold 7+ full outfits of clothes every week per person today.
  • darkwater 2y ago
    And on average families, especially the poorest ones, had 4 kids each. (Ok, I just made up the number to make a point but you get what I mean)
    • asdff 2y ago
      And kids would actually pull quite a lot of the weight back then too. "Clean your room" more like you are coming to the farm with me today boy and splitting the firewood for mother later.
• sunshinesnacks 2y ago
  Agreed. Washing machines have had a huge impact. See [1] for some summary info. Anecdotally, having a dishwasher seems to simply mean that our house can go through 4x more dishes every day than I would expect… [1] https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how-appliance-boom-moved-more-women-workforce https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how-appliance-boom-moved-mo...
• crucialfelix 2y ago
  Yes, life for housewives and mothers before the washing machine was hell. There are still billions of women in the world slaving away beating clothes on rocks.