Daily Life for a Housewife during the 1950s and 1960s

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[@paul16451]

Ah yes, back in the days when a single middle class income was enough to pay all the bills for a family of 4, including a yearly vacation.

[@kathybost1879]

and Catholic school

[@continentalgin]

Yep, that's exactly what I remember. Dad had a middle range salary, but we always had two cars, a four-bedroom, brick house with a fireplace and nice yard, and all the monthly bills got paid. This was before several shocking periods of economic inflation and the one we're in now. The inflated food and fuel prices we see now are the worst in my lifetime, for sure.

[@incog99skd11]

@@continentalgin Ya see, the plan was, once the wife went to work, inflation would gobble up her salary. They doubled the workforce and the thought that everyone would get richer never materialized because the prices increased so much that the dual income was like one income again. Dirty little plot to get the housewife out of the home so the schools could "raise" the children to be good little Communists.

[@julienielsen3746]

And they didn't need to spend money on expensive technology either.

[@paul16451]

@Julie Nielsen well kinda. Color TVs were the expensive technology of the time, with the first ones costing about $470, or about $4200 in today's dollars.

[@emilythurman5040]

For some, sewing, knitting, and gardening weren’t hobbies-they were necessities that enabled the family to stay on budget

[@DRT813]

Yes, I thought the same. "After their chores they had their hobbies - more chores" lol

[@currybase]

@@DRT813 "And they read books too."

[@Zomeister4]

6😮4

[@pinsolomons]

Don't forget canning that produce and putting it in the root cellar for future use. Very time consuming.

[@CordeliaWagner]

I thought one income was enough to have a great life!

[@pjesf]

The photos here glamourize what is probably the most difficult of jobs. My hat is and always has been off to my Mother, who never got to enjoy a vacation in the same way that the rest of the family did because she had to make sure that the washing and the packing and the feeding and the bathing and then the unpacking and the washing and the feeding and the bathing got done. I love you forever, Mom. RIP❤️❤️

[@hearttoheart4me]

Sweet tribute and oh so correct.

[@raallen1468]

Moreso if the family vacation was @ a lakeside cabin with a kitchen... she got to cook 3 meals a day with few pans & utensils, unlike she had @ home unless...... she "brought her kitchen with her"!!!!

[@pjesf]

@@raallen1468 : EXACTLY

[@pjesf]

@@raallen1468 : Not to mention getting stuff like vacuum cleaners for gifts

[@MARLEYCATLOST]

@@pjesf Horrible, but true😿

[@bobwallace9814]

In reality they wore curlers, ran the household, paid the bills, could all cook, bought all the food, could all sew, purchased all the furniture, appliances and carpeting. Ironed the family clothes while watching soap operas and then watched for the kids from school to check on homework before getting dinner prepared. Home economics was taught in school for all girls so they would be prepared to run the family business themselves.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

Not every mom. My mothers mom died when she was very young. She came to this country and struggled to learn English. She barely knew how to cook but did the best she could. She was obsessed with us kid’s learning to read and speak properly. Probably because she was ridiculed by my dads very strict Catholic aunt. He had to step in on that feud! I remember sitting at the table stumbling over a word and she would tell me to look it up. I could never figure out what good that would do if I couldn’t spell something but when I became an adult I realized it was because she couldn’t spell herself and was too ashamed to say anything. I also sat at the table for what seemed like hours reading outloud. We also had chores but mother didn’t know how to can. She could do some sewing, never wrote a check until my dad died and then she learned to sink or swim! We all are blessed with good and not so good memories but growing up in the 50-60’s was a time like no other. Yes kids grow up in front of computers but with the number of kidnappings, murders, assaults by the rising number of pedophiles you can’t really blame parents for keeping their kids under lock and key!

[@Someone-kg8qf]

@@user-vm5ud4xw6n There are loads of useless mothers from every generation, that's not a good thing. My own mom was useless as a housewife, she learned nothing from her own mother.

[@bethlehemeisenhour5807]

What did the men do? My Dad got the furniture, appliances, carpeting, house hold items, and could fix anything. We helped iron, and yes, with soap operas, 😎

[@hmocreations1120]

Here in The Netherlands, you had the "household school". Where young girls where educated to teach them how to become a good housewife/help; with washing, cooking, etc.

[@chuckschafer942]

MY GRANDFATHER RAN THE OLD BAY LINE AND MY GRANDMOTHER RAN THE HOUSE

[@justdoingitjim7095]

My mom died when I was 7 in 1963. I barely remember her. What I remember was her having to live in a tiny, one bedroom trailer home with 3 boys age 6 thru 8, a dog and my dad. She did laundry in a portable wringer-washer that was placed in the kitchen on laundry day, so she could hook up the water hose to the faucet. She hung the clothes on a makeshift clothes line dad erected behind the trailer. She cooked on a tiny stove who's oven pilot light would keep going out, so she'd have to relight it a lot. One time she didn't let the propane that had gathered in the oven air out enough and when she stuck the match in to light the pilot light there was a flash explosion that singed her hair and burned her eyebrows and eyelashes off. I remember her using a dark pencil to mark fake eyebrows on until hers grew back. Dad worked construction in New York City about 100 miles away and had an apartment there by himself. He would take the train back home for the weekend, but during the week he stayed in NYC and worked. Our trailer park was on the outskirts of Hightstown, NJ. We would take the school bus to school, but mom needed the only car we had (an old "woody" station wagon) to get groceries and do various things during the week. Mom came to all of our school events and plays. Various moms in the trailer park would baby sit groups of us kids so their moms could run errands alone. Most didn't have a car at home because their husband had it at work, so my mom took a car load of moms with her to the grocery store and other places. She was the "ambulance" when kids needed to go to the doctor after getting hurt. When she got so sick she had to go into the hospital herself, us boys were taken in by two families so dad could keep working. She had terminal cancer, so we were all travelling back to Texas to go "home." But, mom never made it, she died on the way there. She never got to go to or have Tupperware parties. She never hosted dinner parties for guests or co-workers. Holidays for her were cramped and rushed, but she made it happen for us. Mom missed out on so much taking care of us, but she always had time to show and tell us how much she loved us. My mom deserved a better life than the short one she had.

[@incog99skd11]

In spite of the sad ending for your Mom, you shared some sweet memories I am sure you cherish to this day. God Bless.

[@kellymarsh3956]

I enjoyed you story. It's very bitter/sweet. I'm so sorry you grew up without your mother. Cancer does not discriminate. It's an equal opportunity illness!

[@sprkl5d]

In truth I bet she wouldn't have traded the years raising you and your brothers for a real vacation or anything else she missed out on. ❤

[@shirleylangton7967]

Your love for your mom is very apparent. She showed her love in so many ways although sick. You were blessed to have her in your life, even for a short time. God Bless.

[@kyle6838]

Your mom sounds like a Legend…I too lost my mom she was the glue that held our family together once she died we kinda all went our own way my mom like yours understood the assignment

[@carolynwatson4301]

I am a stay at home homemaker. I have been for over 30 years. I have two children and four grandchildren. If you make a budget and stick to it it is doable. We buy nothing on credit. If we can't pay cash we don't get it until we can afford it. I love being a homemaker. It's my dream job. The day I became Mrs. Watson was the best day of my life.

[@maried3717]

That's because you got a good man and he takes good care of you and your children. It's not like that for many women.

[@bunny_0288]

@@maried3717 If you want a good man, you have to be a good woman. I know many many modern feminist women who are argumentative, difficult, sleep around, and exude many masculine qualities and then want a good man to marry them. That's not how it works. Good men want good, sweet, and feminine women. And most men care a lot about body count. If a woman sleeps around a lot she is far less likely to get a good man to commit to her.

[@carolynwatson4301]

We still make it on one income. We bought a house and 10 acres then fixed it up. The house was $30,000. Our house payment is less than my son's rent but since he has to rent because he is a Wildland firefighter and doesn't stay in one place long and is unmarried. We eat things that we grow. Our grocery bill is around $200 every two weeks. There is always a way to make it work if you want to.

[@carolynwatson4301]

@Zoe Eva and by the way, I live in rural Southwest Arkansas. People still take horse and buggy to town. There are only 19,000 in the county. There is very little business here and no industry. Every child that attends public school receives free lunch because every family makes $30,000 a year. My son is one of the lucky ones and has a government job.

[@SUZMIC1]

Ahhh…. That is so encouraging and sweet to share!! Happy for you and I agree!!

[@kristinLB]

When I was little in the 70’s my mom was home and I’m so glad. She was home after school and we ate breakfast and dinner as a family. I wish society would stop trying so hard to be futuristic and get back to some good basics. Eating together, kids playing outside…

[@everev851]

Exactly

[@LilyIglesias]

Same

[@MooseCall]

Communism

[@tjj5337]

My mom was home too because she chose a man who knew how to provide!

[@Paula-Galgo]

I’m from Liverpool in England... My parents both worked full time, they divorced when I was 8 years old. It wasn’t the “norm” for mums to work, but my mum was a Registered Nurse and Midwife. Her career was very important to her. I worked when my children were growing up, but I was always there to take and collect them from school, and we always ate dinner together. 😊

[@snowwhite5842]

My dad worked three jobs when my parents were first married. He didn’t want his wife to have to work. He knew how important being a SAHM was. She kept the house spotless. I thought you only had to vacuum once a year because I never saw her do it, it was all done while we were out of the house. I’m a stay at home wife, I run my husbands office and do everything inside of the house. I love my job and I feel blessed that I don’t have to work outside of the house.

[@daneascott9645]

I adore this. You're living my dream I hope to have one day come true and I'm happy for you 😊

[@amiblack8294]

I, too, work alongside my husband about 30 hours per week running the office in our 'Mom and Pop' business. I also feel very blessed to work alongside him and support him in what he loves to do. Teaching was my dream and I did it for many years before God had other plans for me. I didn't understand it then, but I understand now why He took me out of that field. I thank Him for that because If I had to get back into a classroom today, that would be nothing short of a nightmare. God has blessed us abundantly. We live very well and want for nothing. Going on close to 30 years together and still crazy about each other . PRIORITIES, folks. Get your priorities straight and the rest will fall into place. Put God first, your husband second and your children third; the rest is easy peasy :)

[@rc8802]

If you work at your husbands office, that’s working outside the house and that’s not you being a satay at home mom.

[@EvelynGomeeeeeez]

@@rc8802I think they maybe mean the husband's at home office! Many people have offices at home and at their work seperately!

[@Quiet_Tourist]

My mother grew up in the late 50s and 60s so she brought a lot of this to my childhood in the 80s and 90s. She always filled the home with warmth, fun, and order (when dad wasn’t around 😉)

[@satireofcircumstance6458]

It is quite disgusting how being a housewife is dismissed and looked down upon by so many brainwashed modern women. Without mothers being mothers, society would (will) collapse.

[@unconditionalfreedom]

I agree! way to bs commercialized -- the presuure on women then was terrible!! had to be perfect ugh--the narration is so demeaning, woman sewed to pass time?? have a little craft? LOL they sewed to save money!!

[@howardoller443]

@@unconditionalfreedom How is being a housewife demeaning?

[@christinacarey465]

Same here

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

@@satireofcircumstance6458 It already is!

[@shirleylangton7967]

One thing you didn't mention, is that most families went to church. Many of their activities, and their time was spend at the church, helping at the church.

[@alandickerson3379]

I loved this video! I remember everything you mentioned. But, what I miss most is the strong Sense of Community we had back in the 1950's and 1960's era.

[@MelywoodMedia]

That sense of community was replaced by the Metaverse.

[@WWeronko]

It is tragic and sad that the socialization of this era is gone. I recall block parties in 1960s Grand Rapids, Michigan where roads were closed off and the enter neighborhood came out to eat and socialize. Today, few people even know who their neighbors are. A few years back one of my neighbors put up a basketball hoop on his driveway. I queried my wife who she thought the hoop was for. She informed me it was for his two teenage boys. I lived there 10 years and had never seen any children. The bulk of kids today and addicted to cell phones, video games and tablets. They seldom leave the house and have little or no social skills. Society will pay a price for such a decayed culture. We already see mental illness skyrocketing.

[@scooterdover2771]

We must be very backward people in Grand Rapids, Michigan, because most of the streets in my neighborhood still have annual block parties and one or two other get togethers every year.

[@Dh-rp7gg]

When I was growing up in GR mostly in the 70s. We had block party's once a year through the 80s and Garage sales all at the same time. I really miss those times.

[@scooterdover2771]

@@Dh-rp7gg It must be just a thing around here, but I don't think the suburban's do it much.

[@penelopepitstop762]

We noticed someone put up a basketball goal during the pandemic on a dead end street, which I thought was so nice. It was for anyone who wanted to play. It’s not there anymore and I wonder what happened. Maybe someone stole it lol. My neighborhood still has parties at the park, usually every holiday and in June we’re having a happy hour!

[@timvandenbrink4461]

@@Dh-rp7gg The same in Holland!

[@MelywoodMedia]

My grandmother was an impeccable housekeeper and a great cook. She pulled out all the stops for Thanksgiving. I loved it and wished I could go back and experience it again.

[@cindytrayer4279]

That’s how my grandmother was. An Italian immigrant who cooked everything from scratch , the best food I’ve ever eaten. House so clean you could eat off the floors. Such hardworking, strong women back then. So sad what people and this country have devolved into.

[@MelywoodMedia]

@@cindytrayer4279 I keep a very good home and am a good cook 🤣 because of my upbringing. I have friends who do as well.

[@pattymerrill2838]

Same here!

[@janetr5929]

I grew up in the 60s. My mom was a sahm and kept our house clean, my dad’s shirts ironed, we had 3 square meals a day. My mom had and still has the Tupperware. The Avon lady also visited. Mom baked and watched her soap operas. She only wore dresses on Sunday for church. I did have an aunt who was and still is at 101, June Cleaver, heels and pearls every day!

[@dorothywillis1]

What did she wear on weekdays?

[@paulj2948]

My mother didn't wear a dress with the apron and high heels around the house in the 60's. These photos are funny to see with the women done up while vacuuming and ironing and cooking. We had the brown GE appliances in our 1960's house. My mother was lucky to move into a new house in 1964 after her first 2 of 5 kids. All the gadgets, dishwasher, new washer/dryer, big freezer in the basement for her meat order from Macy's. Yes, it was like half a cow cut up and wrapped in freezer paper and delivered to your house. Fill the freezer a couple times a year (or maybe more). Minute Maid frozen concentrate, margarine were other things I remember stocked up down there. Milk came several times a week from the milkman. Diapers were sent out for cleaning by the diaper service truck and clean ones dropped off (my little brother born in 1971 then got Pampers because my mother had it with the diapers). We had a Chevy Malibu wagon and went to the drive in movies in our pajamas which was a treat. Ice cream man in the summer was another big treat. No central AC (in NJ that's rough) but then mom and dad got their own window unit for their room only in the early 70's. We had the big attic fan with louvers that swooshed the air like a mini tornado up through the 2nd floor. We had that Tupperwear, too. And an electric broom to clean up the linoleum kitchen floor. Shag carpet throughout the rest of the rooms. Rooftop antenna would get blown down a couple times a year from storms. We had one 25 inch console TV in the family room (of course, no remote, just a channel changer). If you wanted music, you put on a record on the record player. Good old days.

[@lovly2cu725]

COPPERTONE APPLIANCES IN THE 60S. HAD TO DEFROST THE FREEZER & IRONS WERENT STEAM. HAD TO SPRINKLE THE CLOTHES WITH WATER FROM A GLASS COKE BOTTLE & PUT THEM IN THE FRIDGE. TAKE THEM OUT & IRON THEM. APPLIANCES ARE BETTER NOW.

[@lovly2cu725]

CORRECT ABOUT NO CENTRAL AIR IN NJ. WE HAD WINDOW C UNITS THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT AFTER SUMMER. IN THE 50'S WE WOULD DRAG OUT MATTRESS IN TO THE MASTER BD BC THAT ROOM ONLY HAD AN AC UNIT. CLARK NJ

[@Narrowway7]

Sounds amazing honestly

[@gwesco]

Pretty much describes my mother in the 50's and 60's. She was illiterate and couldn't read or write so I helped her with recipes and read the newspaper to her, but she kept the house clean, cooked every day, did laundry and raised 3 kids while my dad worked in the mine. She was an expert seamstress and made many of our clothes. She also had a green thumb and always had a little garden with fresh vegetables. The bit about the half a cow was spot on. My dad would go to Safeway about 30 miles away and get meat wrapped in white paper and kept in our Kenmore freezer. I would pull it out and read to my mom what is was so she could prepare it. In the 70's when i was single, I had a neighbor that sold Tupperware and I bought quite a bit from her. She and her husband invited me to dinner often which was a welcome treat for a bachelor. My wife is quite a bit younger than me and never seemed to learn those skills although she has two masters degrees. I really miss that period in my life.

[@vstu7643]

My Mom had inexpensive cotton dresses for the house called “house dresses”. Her going out and church outfits were few and usually “hand me downs” from a friend who went to the office and had to keep up with current fashion.

[@fob1xxl]

I grew up in the 50's and 60's. My Mom and Dad were married in 1940. My Mom did ALL the cooking AND cleaning. As my sister got older she learned to cook and help my Mom clean. I helped my Dad with the yard work and washed the car. My Mom did the grocery shopping . For a while. She had to work and STILL did all the regular things. We NEVER had a frozen meal. My Mom fixed a FRESH meal every day. Sometimes, twice a day ! She baked her own cookies and pies. No bakery goods ! Sometimes she even made her own fresh bread. We were an Italian family and EVERYTHING was made fresh and from scratch. All those traits were passed on to my sister and I. As an adult, I do what I learned as a child and thank my parents for being so wonderful about teaching me what was important and what makes a family !

[@lizzysbeautyshowetc.6895]

That is so beautiful thank you for sharing with all of us

[@oneminuteofmyday]

My grandmother had a set of dishes that she won from a radio show back in the 1950’s. There were two competition shows she really enjoyed. The first was a ‘stump the expert’ type show with a man who challenged people to send a published song that he didn’t recognize. Anyone who stumped him won a prize. The second was a local song writing competition. The winner of the competition had their song published as sheet music. My grandmother bought the sheet music of the winning song, then sent it to the music expert on the other show. She stumped him and won the dishes. lol

[@roccodirico9737]

Congratulations to your grandmother. My mother had a lot of free dishes from dish night at the movies. And I mean A LOT OF FREE DISHES!!!

[@priestessthea]

Thank you for sharing this precious memory.

[@loril1394]

My grandma planted her garden, canned meats and fruits, baked pies and bread. She also sewed and worked full time as an engineer in a steel factory. I guess Grandma was ahead of her time balancing career and family. So proud! :-)))

[@fluffyotter1601]

Thank you to my husband:) I stayed home with the children 1991-2023 and worked when I wanted too:) truly a dream come true:) 😊

[@tayler7441]

A former coworker of mine voluntarily became a stay at home dad when the children were a little older, so that his wife could go back to teaching, which she loved.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

I was born in 1946, so I grew up through the 50s and was in high school during the early 60s. My mother did most of those things, with the exception of the socializing. We weren't dinner party, PTA, club-joining people. We moved house fairly often and never really got close to any neighbors. I still do my own cooking, keep a very clean apartment, and am going to start sewing clothes again because I could use some new dresses. What passes for clothing that's sold in stores right now impresses me as a waste of time, energy, and money.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

My Mom's recipe box lives on to this day as I have one of my own with many of her recipes in it

[@Hedwig-gj2di]

I also have my mom's recipe box 📦 ❤️

[@JanLarson]

I grew up in the 60s and never really appreciated just how hard my mother worked raising three kids and keeping the house operating all the while entertaining and teaching her children. I wish I could tell her how much I appreciated all she did.

[@kerridillon3120]

In the 1950'-60's My Mom was busy raising us 8 children! I'm the oldest turning 70 yrs young this year. We have a wonderful family!

[@jilliewillie8720]

Don’t forget about the bridge games! That was my Mom’s outlet for socializing with her friends. She would make dip and have Fritos (which us kids could NEVER touch). She would put us to bed and just as we were about to doze off, there would be this huge burst of laughter. My mom taught me how to play bridge when I was in my 30’s and I have had the privilege of meeting the most incredible ladies at the bridge table. Sadly they are slowly passing on and it seems there are very few people learning the game. I am grateful for the beautiful bridge memories with my Mom and all the lovely ladies I met over the years.💕

[@annb1]

Yes! Bridge....my mom and dad belonged to the "couples bridge club". They would rotate monthly hosting the game....two little square "card tables" filled with pretty glasssware and wonderful finger food that mom spend days preparing........and me sleeping upstairs hearing nonstop laughter until 11pm when everyone would go home. 🙂

[@gma5587]

Aah yes! The good ole days when dad went off to work, carrying his metal lunch bucket that mom filled everyday & a thermos of hot coffee. Mom kept the home spik-n-span, kept all us kids clean, fed & entertained. Lol. Most of all I loved coming home from school everyday to yell.."Mom"! She was always there to answer back. Always! Wish all moms could be there for kids & not have to work 😕. Thanks for the walk down memory lane 🙂

[@SeaTurtle515]

Well, I have a lot of good memories from being a child of the 50’s/60’s. And I chose to be a full time homemaker in the 80’s, until this day. But in reality, there were good things back then and not so good of things; same as today,there is a mix of good and bad. It boils down to personal lifestyle choices, what kind of household we want and the consequences of those decisions. The biggest thing that bothers me in this modern era is that kindness, politeness and a moral compass seem to be in short supply.

[@deannab9511]

Agreed!

[@lesiepetersen1582]

Don't forget bridge (cards) clubs.

[@shartman2150]

I was a SAHM in the late 90's through mid 2010's and in our neighborhood most moms stayed home. Our lives weren't as glamorous but there were similarities- like block parties, kids playing out front with the neighbor kids, women's clubs, PTA. Most of us had house cleaners once a week but there was still plenty of laundry and daily cleaning to do. The cleaning, grocery shopping, and exercise took up most of the day until it was time to pick up the kids at school. Then it was homework supervision, dinner prep, bath time and bed time. Most of our husbands didn't come home until later so the evening activities were all on us moms. Carpools and watching each other's kids saved us all!

[@melindaroop1346]

That is a good life.

[@johnp139]

They we’re keeping up with LIFE, with doing what was NECESSARY while the husband worked a full time job to support the entire family.

[@tonymu2976]

Thanks to Mom for doing all those chores and for Dad who went to work everyday. They gave us 4 boys more than we deserved especially me, the baby.

[@judithvigorito4548]

Mom sewed all our clothes. 3 daughters and herself. Sewed curtains and slipcovers. Pinched every penny. She taught me that a coat of paint turns everything into looking like it’s new. Dads garden kept us in fresh vegetables and mom froze most of what he grew for winter.

[@korbell1089]

What I loved about Tupperware is you would end up with 15 bowls and 6 lids! And none of them fit!!😂😂

[@samanthab1923]

Back then it was expensive too.

[@lilitharam44]

😂😂😂

[@julenepegher6999]

😅 or the other way around, I always seem to have more lids than bowls.

[@hearttoheart4me]

@@samanthab1923 Still are.

[@glennso47]

Now you have Rubbermaid. Same thing.

[@clydequinn4395]

My Mother used to fill in S&H Green Stamps and Plaid Stamps Books then buy stuff from the redemption centers

[@kat35lulu88]

We did that too!!!!!

[@bobbieschendel3144]

My Mom did that too and I remember going downtown with her to redeem the stampbooks in the store. ( in the 1960s). They were held together with rubber bands and all licked up. Lol. But my parents thought it was great, they were getting a free item at the store.

[@kevinwallis2194]

I bought a 1956 GE stove in pink to go into my house, and replace the glass top stove. My house was built in 1920, so it looks and works great.

[@airtiki2374]

I never knew sewing was a hobby..Here I thought of it as another wonderful mom chore

[@debbieomi]

You are right! It was a necessity not a luxury.

[@vetgirl71]

Sewing was taught as a necessity for women to learn to make clothing for their children, mend clothes, sew curtains, bedspreads , couch covers ect. Back then money was tight, and people didn’t run to the stores to buy clothes back then. Children were given “hand me downs “ passed on from their older siblings. There were every day clothes and dress clothes for church & school in the city. I was born 1962 , in Brooklyn, NY. My mother made a lot of my dresses and coats, even matching hats & mittens. We were not allowed to wear pants in school during my early years in school. Later on in the late 60’s they eased up. My parents bought a four family brownstone apartment when I was little. We lived in one of the apartments, with 2 bedrooms. It started with just me and my brother who is 2 years younger than me. Then my 3 siblings came along, who are 7,8,9 years younger than me. We lived in that cramped apartment until 1976 , when my parents moved us to the suburbs in Long Island, NY and bought a 5 bedroom home in a predominantly white neighborhood. It was culture shock for me moving in that neighborhood. I was glad to find out that the schools were mixed with whites & blacks. One section of town was predominantly black and the other predominantly white. My parents told me how the real estate agent tried to steer them to the black area, but they wanted to buy a home in the nicer neighborhood, which happened to be white. I was 14 years old by then in junior high school . How did 5 kids live in that 2 bedroom apartment? My parents had one bedroom. I shared the other bedroom with my brother , we had bunk beds. When the other kids were born, my little sister was moved into the bedroom with me and my brother slept on a pull out couch with my other 2 younger brothers. We were like the tv show “Good Times” 😂😅, except my parents owned the apartment building. My father eventually got the basement renovated, so we would go down there sometimes to “play”. We had one tv and one phonograph record player. My parents owned 5 stores in Brooklyn, and they worked 6 days a week. Back then most stores were closed on Sundays, that was the only day they were home with us. My mother sometimes would have the younger siblings with her at the store (3 of them , 1 year apart). My brother & I would get on the subway trains after school and stay with her & watch the younger kids. She didn’t have a drivers license back then, so she would either take the subway trains or taxis. My mom got mugged twice coming home alone at night and robbed at gunpoint twice in her store. I would eventually become my parents “babysitter “ around 8 years old and became latch key kids. I would pick up my siblings from the babysitter after school, cook, help them with homework, clean ect Back then kids in the city areas were treated like adults. In the summer months we would play outside until the lights went on. All the neighbors knew each other & also owned their apartment buildings. The neighbors was your extended family and looked out for us and would correct us if we were doing something that was inappropriate. There were 2 parent homes on my block , by the early 70’s more single mothers started moving in the neighborhood. We had a grocery store on the corner, the owners knew everyone in the neighborhood and were kind people. I miss those days. Our school always took us on trips to museums, the zoos , beach we were always learning outside the classroom and had to write about “current events”, so we were required to read the newspaper. We always read books together in the classroom, I loved to read and loved going to the library. My parents had a lot of books in our home about black history, black authors, encyclopedias ect So I was an avid reader, especially when our tv broke down or needed to be repaired. I loved going to summer school, because it was half a day and we had breakfast and went on trips. I liked learning, so my mother would enroll me for a few years so I would stay busy. Things were different in the late 60’s early 70’s you could walk around the blocks and no one would bother you, take public transportation all over the city. We would go down south during Christmas break every year for a week to see our grandparents on both sides and cousins. It was often warmer down there, it was a long 12 hour trip, but we made the mist of it reading the billboard signs and fascinated with nature. I truly miss those innocent times in my younger years. ❤️

[@shirleylangton7967]

Sewing machines were mostly used for mending elbows and knees of clothes because there was no money to buy new every week!

[@pamscruggs2660]

@@debbieomi my mom adored it. She didn’t need to but she loved it, once she lost most of her eye sight, in her later years, it was one of the things she missed

[@bunny_0288]

My mom sewed for fun! We could afford to buy the things she sewed, but she enjoyed it. She also loved that she got custom made items.

[@pongop]

A huge thank you to all the women in our lives -- past, present, and future! And Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers and caregivers out there!

[@Apollo_Blaze]

I agree totally with what you said...Huge thanks and hugs and Love to all the women who cared for us all.

[@ez-g3090]

Except the feminists.

[@pongop]

@@ez-g3090 Especially the feminists. Stop being a patriarchal, backwards waste of life. Fuck off. Educate yourself because you're embarrassing yourself.

[@pongop]

@@ez-g3090 Sexism isn't okay. Misogyny isn't okay. Patriarchy is unacceptable. Go back to 1950.

[@pongop]

@@ez-g3090 Fuck whoever liked this comment, as well! You're what's wrong with the country and the world.

[@BradiKal61]

The sense of community that existed in the 50's and 60's seems to be gone. The internet and a limitless supply of streaming content means that we have endless amounts of linely entertainment. Gone are the days when a kid would say "theres nothing on television! " and go outside and play

[@johnp139]

What the heck do you call the “Nextdoor” App?!!

[@martinpennock9430]

Yes, this was my mother's routine. She was one of the greatest generation, along with my dad. Thanks for the memories! I grew up during this period. As always God bless you and yours. Thanks again for everything you do!!

[@howardoller443]

Well said.

[@maried3717]

Was raised in the 50s and 60s. All of this is so familiar to me, and at 74, I am still doing all these things. Why change? It works just as good today as it did then!

[@dreamingfairytales]

That's wonderful 😊 I'm curious, did the women pick the home decor?

[@NeighborofKT]

@@dreamingfairytalesof course the women chose the home decor. The home was their domain. They also chose their clothing, the children's clothing and their husband's clothing. They spent a lot of time washing the laundry, hanging clothes on the clothesline to dry and ironing everything.

[@dreamingfairytales]

@NeighborofKT Thank you so much for your reply. 🙂 The laundry never ends does it?

[@sfeddie1]

The photos were all posed shots for magazine ads or for tv. I even saw Donna Reed in one of them. All these housewives wore dresses, earring, makeup, and an apron, and their hair was perfect. Where are the housewives with their hair in a bandana or in rollers, no makeup, and wearing pants? Not every mom looked like June Cleaver.

[@pamgrimm8850]

In the 1950s and early 1960s, my mother and her friends went to lunch regularly to nice restaurants, wearing dresses, hats, gloves, and high heels. They celebrated each other’s birthdays and other occasions. Afterwords they would visit one of their homes and set out coffee and fancy cookies. All very formal in the middle of the day. This was in Compton, Southern California.

[@RichardinNC1]

In the 1960s, my mother stayed at home and did many things you showed. One thing missed was gardening. In the summer we always had good tomatoes, beans, potatoes, and corn on the cob. She always cooked good dinners, especially weekends when dad was home. She finally got a part time job as a church secretary, and once all the kids left, worked full time at a day care.

[@samanthab1923]

It was a different time. My parents bought their first home in 63. They were only 24 & 28! Three kids, two later on. Four beds & 2 bath. Laundry room. Both were raised in apts. This was all new to them. In fact, when they first moved to NJ from NYC, my father didn’t drive! Continued to take the bus to work. My is still a great house keeper. Has a cleaner but she always kept an immaculate home. Cooking & baking was basic. No crafts or sewing. She had a decorator. Summers spent at our pool & tennis club or visiting my grandparents on Long Island. Good memories

[@Tomatohater64]

A better time, on the whole, than what we have now.

[@lynnjacobs9885]

Surveys show that people were more satisfied with their lives in the 50s than now. And isn't that the point of life?

[@julielewisizame]

Thank you. This video took me right down memory lane. A simple time. I've been so upset lately with the way this world is going. Because of your videos I can regroup and remember when the world was a little better. You could trust your neighbors. A community where people looked after one another. This takes me back to when a time that was good. Thank you again.. so much. I heal. Love to you and yours 💕

[@Christine-fo3bo]

I was thinking the same and would go back to this era when we were unplugged. It's sad to see how bad things have become.

[@flyingphobiahelp]

Be careful of glorifying the past-chance of nuclear Armageddon was was a real fear at the time, not to mention the Korean and Vietnam war in the 50s and 60s respectively.

[@dobermanlove4797]

@@flyingphobiahelp How sad and negative you are. Life of the party.

[@flyingphobiahelp]

@@dobermanlove4797 😂😂😂😂

[@thejourney1369]

My Mom was a working mom during this time. She worked hard at her outside job, and then came home and worked hard some more.

[@Svetlana-says-it-as-it-is.]

🙌🏽

[@DiamondDazzle]

My mom never wore a dress doing housework. Never spent hours making "exotic" recipes Never went to block parties or bought tupperware. I never wore a dress around the house--changed clothes when I came home from school. My mom was a wonderful homemaker and mom. Too busy for frivolous [pursuits

[@pamelamays4186]

My Mom was a young housewife in the late fifties/early sixties. After my Dad went to work and my older brothers went to school, Mom would spend the morning on housework and laundry. Afternoons were spent watching her "stories" and fixing dinner. In her spare time Mom participated in The League Of Women Voters, a local political group. Another thing Mom did was arrange dinner parties for my Dad's co-workers.

[@mayracastrovalerio2869]

Did she played with you?

[@vincecarnevale4406]

My mother even had a small kitchen in the laundry room for canning fruits and veggies from the garden, without messing up the main kitchen,an Italian practice..

[@emmiewhite1356]

I’ve just medically retired from the Navy after ten years. My husband and I just purchased our first home and moved in together. Let me tell ya what a treat it’s been to be a house spouse! I’m not doing nearly as much as this, but it’s been phenomenal to just assure that my home is clean, organized and the fridge and pantry are stocked.

[@bennettjill36]

Best wishes to you in your retirement ❤

[@purberri]

I don’t remember block parties but we went to a lot of picnics. Parents also bowled, played cards, and parties. House was always super clean. When my mother got bored at home she would rearrange the furniture. She was also creative. Came home from 2 weeks camp and she had made wallpaper from magazine pictures and put them on the walls of the kitchen. One particular stood out. It was a frog over the stove. I had choirs washing dishes after dinner and washing the car for allowance.

[@scottmcwave9479]

Some great photos there! Donna Reed was the perfect housewife!

[@lovly2cu725]

I DIDNT KNOW SHE COULD SEW

[@sherihepworth8253]

My mother never dressed for housework like these women shown in this video. But she definitely was as busy and productive as you describe. She definitely dressed nicely for trips to town. She’d tsk tsk at the women in rollers at the department store!

[@nancysloan3731]

My mother could do everything. She was a Martha Stewart before Martha even existed! She was a great cook, entertainer,etc. She sewed, crocheted, knitted, did crafts, took care of us kids -- a jack of all trades. Plus, her appearance was impeccable.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

I have some hand written recipe cards from the 1960s. They are some of my favorite foods my mom made when I was a kid in the 60s...

[@johnwohara]

I still remember being a toddler in the '50s and my mother using an Electrolux canister "sled" type vacuum (no wheels). I'd get on top of it and pretend I was riding a horse as she pulled me along the carpet with the hose. I'm sure now that she didn't appreciate it at all.

[@mindyschocolate]

We had a saucer shaped one in the 80’s that would glide over the carpet. I loved it. Those were the days.

[@cheryl2962]

I remember PTA and Room. Mothers at school!

[@mikehughes4969]

My grandmother was a housewife in the 50s and she made her own wine in the basement. It was only for the immediate family and a few close friends, but it was still completely illegal. Not that she cared.

[@esthervarney4011]

Way to go grandma!!!!!!!🎉

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

My friends grandfather was Italian and was in charge of making wine for the family. My friend and his little brothers would strip to their underwear and would climb in the barrel and stomp the grapes which was a lot of fun.

[@melindaroop1346]

Your grandma is a legend.

[@frankwafer6919]

Thanks for the memories!💖👍!

[@asa3409]

My parents married in 46. My Mom definitely did all of these things but she also worked until their first child in 62. Then she went back to work in 76. We still ate supper at the table everyday. Do t forget about the “daily chores list”.

[@josephgaviota]

5:00 Those Corningware pieces on the wall had a removable handle. You turned the back of he handle a half turn, and the entire handle came off-making the corningware 100% oven safe. THAT was a cool invention.

[@andersdottir1111]

I remember all those Tupperware containers from the late 60s - my mother had quite a few. It’s interesting how in the general photos of community how thin everyone was. I’m glad I remembered those days and fortunate to be born in the 60s.

[@nancyreed4257]

Most people where thin because they all did physical work! Not much sitting and doing nothing.

[@terri348]

I remember green stamps, lunch counter seating at Woolworth's, 4 channels on TV ( 5 if you could use the rabbit ears just right) and the 1100 news as the last thing on TV at night. Saturday cartoons, Sunday church. Easter outfits, mom ironing and hanging clothes outside. Brown paper bags as school book covers. I had a GREAT childhood!

[@deep1umbra]

It is true that the family recipe box is a treasure! My mom and grandma's recipe boxes are two of my most precious things. They tell the culinary story of our family and contain so many cherished memories.

[@MAWA2024]

I so enjoy watching these and reminiscing about growing up in the 50s & 60s, watching my mom do all of the things you mentioned. And I love your music selections for these videos, always right on target.

[@elaineanderson8868]

I was born in 52 and Mom did everything I have a lot of her recipies and remember my Mom’s great cooking and holiday fun

[@itsamadmadsadworld4360]

I remember back in the sixties Avon was the rage..my grandmother was big on that...I would be guaranteed as a kid a birthday and Christmas present from Avon...church socials were also big and a great way to get together.. In the south there were lots of baby and wedding showers...every time I watch one of your videos it transports me back to my childhood and I remember so much..I really love your channel...Ty ❤

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I'm a child of the 60s and my mom had to work. You can believe she did a crap ton of housework also though. Every Saturday she would get me up to help with the housework she didn't have time to do after work. In summer I'd help daddy cut the grass and do outside chores. It's funny to see all these pictures of women wearing nice dresses, high heels, and pearls to do chores. What a laugh. That's only in leave it to Beaver land, lol. My mom said she never knew any women who did that back in the 40s-60s.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Yeah, it was all a propaganda sham in many ways...truth is back then women had very few options in how to live their lives...millions of women had no other option than to get married and be a "housewife". Women had little real power without men in those times.

[@mrs.herselnewlifeathome7612]

Love this! I wish were born earlier so could’ve been a 1950s housewife!

[@rbevans4648]

Don't kid yourself, it was a lot of hard work for moms. I was born in 1950 when almost no moms worked outside the home, 4 kids in the family. I remember the Avon lady, the Electrolux vacuum cleaner and many other things in the video. Good time to be a kid, but mothering was (and is, of course) a tough job. Ah, nostalgia (lol).

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Those were not great times for millions of women who did not want to live as a housewife...we can't forget that the structure of society back then held many women down. Sexism was real and in many cases actually legal. I am sure that millions of those "housewives" wished they had options.

[@marlenetrujillo8519]

I have 36 year old Tupperware that I still use

[@rachelc.5463]

I still use my harvest gold cake carrier from 1970s.

[@jdawg5846]

That’s because they were not made in China.

[@christopherkraft1327]

I was born in the late fifties so I remember well growing up in the sixties. Most of the moms then didn't work outside of the home!!! Fond memories!!! 👍👍🙂

[@kathleenstoin671]

My mother got up early, and during the school year she and Dad made breakfast for us kids, 6 of them eventually, and got us off to school. Dad left for work after breakfast. Then Mom did laundry and cleaned the house, and ironing was part of her routine. She made all of our school clothes and play clothes, and she knew how to make slipcovers. Mom taught us girls how to sew, too, and assigned us little cleaning chores to teach us how to have a clean house. She made good nourishing dinners every night, and my sister and I did the dishes afterwards. In the summer Mom canned peaches, very plentiful in South Carolina, as well as tomatoes and vegetables. She also made jams and jellies. We kids were taught to make our own beds and do our own ironing. Mom never wore dresses around the house as she worked, she wore pants and in the summer she wore shorts. She always took time to read to us and showed us how to play games and often played cards or checkers with us. She never watched or listened to soap operas, and we were not allowed to watch TV in the daytime. We played outside if the weather was favorable, and on rainy days, Mom taught us how to do little craft projects. We lived in the country, so we had the run of the woods and fields with the other kids in the neighborhood. My parents loved each other and they loved us. I can't imagine a nicer childhood.

[@pythonian-xp3vi]

I envy you. I can not imagine any better childfood than yours.

[@ameliasalazar1611]

Lovely

[@RedSiegfried]

I love that first picture - Mom has a giant ham going in one oven and a giant turkey in the other. Not even on Thanksgiving would we cook that much meat at once! Must be an ad for kitchen appliances!

[@konstantyk.3320]

Has anyone noticed -- No one was FAT ... A scant few here and there a bit overweight but not many ... I grew up in this wonderful era (50s/60s) ... In my high school class of nearly 700 (seven hundred) NOT ONE was obese, a scant few considered "pudgy" but not one seriously overweight......Much healthier times for SURE.

[@nancymcmonarch]

A lot of them were on speed. Hell, even the Kennedys were on speed.

[@lindaeasley5606]

When my mom's morning chores were finished and she got us kids off to school she relaxed by watching soaps or listening to her favorite record albums

[@Killahboot]

My mother had three children from the time she was 18 to 20. She took care of the whole house AND MY DAD. I don't know how she did it.

[@frankhynd885]

My mother and father had a tough time surviving in the 1950s and 1960s, with four children. My mother was a stay-at-home housewife after she got married. My father managed to survive on an eight to five factory job but as the number of children increased he took on a second job. For a fifteen year period he didn’t have a home life and worked seven days a week. He wasn’t happy and my mother suffered from depression for six years or more. They gave their lives for the children and died before their time. Us four children are successful and our children are even more successful. I miss my mother and father when I think back to the 1950s and 1960s.

[@karenkennedy6331]

I remember getting our first dishwasher! My mom had all the 4 food groups for each dinner, a lot of canned vegetables.

[@done611]

I think I might be one of the only women in their 40's who is a homemaker. It's a wonderful way of life. We homeschool in the winter and garden during the summer months. Old fashioned living is peaceful.

[@aliveat55]

That was fun! Looking forward to the housewife of the 70's and 80's.

[@juliescott1853]

I would give anything to be able to go back to the 1950’s & 60’s life was so much simpler & community based we all helped each other out. The work ethics was more economically balanced as well

[@fionag8869]

I love vintage tupperware

[@shartman2150]

Tupperware had a Mrs. Maisel collection last year. So cute with pastel colors. It was pricey but I managed to buy a set of Wondelier bowls. Great quality and I love the retro feel!

[@fionag8869]

@@shartman2150 NICE!, yeah the quality is excellent, love it

[@LisaW509]

I am blessed to have all of my Grandmother’s recipes. She was incredible in the kitchen.

[@amandahandlin1405]

I did not grow up during the 50 60s or 70s but I sure love hearing about them and I love listening to your other videos about the 80s and even some about the 90s that sure brings back a whole lot of memories thank you so much for your hard work and putting out these videos❤😂❤

[@madelinesanchez6609]

This video makes being a housewife a glamorous job. In truth, there was a lot of drudgery back then.

[@jamesmiller4184]

There was but, that is what labor-saving devices and inventions were for.

[@dobermanlove4797]

Better than a soul sucking office job, any day.

[@safffff1000]

But most all jobs have drudgery also. Just like homemaking, good points and bad.

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@dobermanlove4797 Uh YEAH! Guys that stay home and do stuff like that can learn to like it sorta. And if having time enough left over, can then visit with their equivalent neighborhood housework buds for a beer or two, . . . before the boss gets home!

[@aprils.r8418]

​@@dobermanlove4797 Atleast you get paid for your labor. Unfortunately sahms never got enough respect or appreciation. That's a big reason why the feminist movement started something people like you overlook.

[@crazymemaw3484]

My mom and grandmom ironed for hours! They ironed not just clothes but sheets, curtains and even underwear! Most homes didn't have central air but they kept up with it.

[@kates6371]

And handkerchiefs

[@michellewei7349]

My mom did Tupperware in the 70s and 80s. She did all this in the 70s and 80s. All of it!

[@tatersquad2000]

It's unfortunate that big business has convinced a huge portion of the country that women belong in a cubicle working on spreadsheets instead of keeping home and raising children. Can you guess which of those lifestyles is more fulfilling?

[@Doodlebirds1]

And what about men who might wish to take up that sort of lifestyle?

[@Jamestele1]

I grew up in the 70s and early 80s. My mom was able to stay home and raise us. I feel like it was a better life. Not that slaving away in a corporate cube farm isn't fulfilling. I don't think people today are bad, as everything is so expensive these days

[@DouglasUrantia]

We always had cleaning women. My mom was an excellent cook. She was a sewing genius. We had a washing machine and our stepfather took the wet washing to the laundry for them to dry and fold it. We never ate any food that he thought poor people ate....except watermelon. Never did chicken appear on our table. I was sure glad when we finally got a dishwasher in late 1950s. Us kids always had chores to do if we wanted our 25 cents allowance. The bills were paid at my stepfather's law office, he also had 8 girlfriends on the side....somehow my dear mom tolerated it.

[@Hevynly1]

90% of this sounds like my life and I'm happy about this!

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

The "good ole days". It's almost incomprehensible at times, to realize how many things have changed for the worse in your lifetime. Sure we had problems back then, but not like the mass manufactured problems we have today. Life was managed by mother and father back then. Nowadays it's a crazy free for all.........even with kids. We had stability when we were little, but kids today have nothing but confusion and questions, with no answers. Such a mega huge shift in society from when I was young.

[@ruthperin6576]

And now the kids don't have much of an education.

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

@@ruthperin6576 Or a life. Forced into being adults as soon as they can walk...no childhood to speak of.

[@robsemail]

I grew up in the 1960s and ‘70s, but I really only experienced this paternal lifestyle tangentially, in witnessing the lives of my friends. My maternal grandmother, born in 1901, was by far the biggest breadwinner in the family. She owned a children’s clothing store, a travel agency, a farm and a number of rental properties. She made enough money to keep the entire family relatively comfortable through the great depression. Her daughter, my mother, was also productive with money, but somewhat less so. However, neither my grandmother, my mother nor my aunts ever had aspirations to be a housewife. They all worked successfully outside the home. Housework was a shared business, among all of us, dads included. This is not to say that the men in my family were deadbeats, far from it, just my grandmother was so good at entrepreneurship and making money that nobody else in the family could compare. Her example gave us all quite a different lifestyle than what most people remember from those years.

[@juliea.]

Your maternal grandmother is my hero!

[@robsemail]

@@juliea. I miss her very much! She had a remarkable sense of humor that made her fun to be around, even at old age. She was a complicated person, racist in some ways but always trying to help find opportunities for people she liked, white or black. Like a lot of white women back in the day, she had an African-American maid. Della was an exceedingly talented cook, and as the civil rights movement progressed, when I was still a child, I can remember how my grandmother (probably feeling guilty from some of Dr. King’s speeches, which she seemed to take seriously) helped Della transition from housekeeping to a small catering business, which Della owned and operated with her daughter until she died. Best southern cooking you ever tasted! The daughter eventually closed the business and took the head chef position at the most expensive restaurant in town. Plus, I learned not long ago that Della’s granddaughter is today the head chef at the local country club, so apparently that legacy is passing down the female line in Della’s family quite well. I loved growing up in my grandmother’s family, and around strong personalities both female and male. I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything.

[@lilitharam44]

So what happened? People stopped caring about any of those values. Most don't even know their next door neighbors. Sad times we live in but fun to look back.

[@johnp139]

When two members of a household started working, it suddenly became difficult to support a household on jut one income.

[@lilitharam44]

@@johnp139 I'm sure that was intentionally designed to be that way and undermine society.

[@lovly2cu725]

@@johnp139 BINGO

[@lovly2cu725]

@@lilitharam44 INFLATION LATE 60S

[@NannyTrish]

Feminism

[@racheldaniel659]

Hey! Could you do daily life of 70s and 80s?

[@ryan918lauren]

Great idea!

[@rparl]

Mom designed and knitted a cap for me as a baby. I no longer recall the details but she was able to knit it as a single piece which was apparently different. I remember that she had knitting booklets around the house. We also had a wringer washer.

[@powerspeakingpro6606]

My Mom took care of four children. To save time, she made the best food you ever thaw!

[@dorothywillis1]

This is a joke, right? I was born in 1943, so I was 10 in 1953, so I was there. I can remember mothers who kept a clean house and some who were not so clean. I remember mothers who were good cooks and mothers (like mine) who cooked as little as possible. I remember mothers who had the TV on all day and others who only put it on while they ate lunch. There was, in short, the same variety there is today in how families lived. The one thing everyone did was laugh at the housewives on TV with the pearls and the high heels!

[@1921RCP]

Yes my mother did all of that to perfection. 🏡

[@lilitharam44]

Thank you for your service, and your Mom. I just lost my Mom Jan. 6th and I still can't wrap my heart around the loss.

[@hearttoheart4me]

@@lilitharam44 So sorry for your loss. It is difficult to do. I lost my mom in 1966 when I was 9. I don't remember much about her but the memories I have are sweet and warm me when I feel down.

[@lilitharam44]

@@hearttoheart4me Thank you for your kind words. I'm 40, a MaMa's girl, and I can't imagine the next 40 years of my life without her. I'm still checking the phone for her calls, and wanting to share things with her on KZbin that I know she'd like.

[@Harlowerayne]

And she looked fabulous while doing all of it.

[@1921RCP]

@@lilitharam44 That's not me that's my father in his military uniform, he died in 1984 and my mother died in 2008, I miss them both. ✌️

[@denisewinant6366]

My Mother taught me to sew and her Mother taught me to crochet. When I had my own child, I became a single Mom early in my son's life and made almost all of his clothing and my own. Even winter coats. It saved me so much money since my ex never paid child support (he never worked). I still sew once in a while. I loved sewing my own clothes. I thank God my Mom taught me how to. She made many of my clothes growing up.

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My mom was a house wife and mother to two of us. This doesn’t show her, as an upper middle class housewife. She worked all day and every day in the house. When she listened to her radio programs like young dr. Malone, ma Perkins, and others, she was ironing or waxing the kitchen floor. Her "modern" washer was a semi automatic something with a big handle and a spinner .clothes were hung on a line to dry, no dryer. She had no time for clubs, but did have Saturday dinner parties with two other couples who rotated houses on Saturday nights. She had no car of her own. In the early fifties my brother, in his carriage, and me walking along side with her, would walk to the grocery store and the town hall to pay the taxes. I’m 76 now and I remember her life was not anything which you portray. As I said, we lived in a suburb in an upper middle class environment in New Jersey.

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P.S. Get your kids to help with chores - it teaches great responsibility AND it will save them money when they buy and work on their own house.