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Cowan, Ruth Schwartz More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave 1983 Book Mothering Housewife, Home Economics, Gendered Labour, Domestic Labour, Historical Context, American Context
Citation Cowan, Ruth Schwartz 1983 Book Housewife Home Economics Gendered Labour Domestic Labour Historical Context American Context Mothering

More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave

by Cowan, Ruth Schwartz (1983)

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Housewife, Home Economics, Gendered Labour, Domestic Labour, Historical Context, American Context

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Mothering

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