For Mother's Day: How Housewives Lived in The 1950's

I am lucky to have come across this magazine excerpt just before Mother's Day.

It shows how housewives lived lives in 1955 (my grandparents' generation). A housewife had to keep the house in order, take care of the kids and prepare for her husband's grand arrival home, after which she had to "greet him with a warm smile", to "make the evening his", to "make him comfortable" and perhaps even to "offer to take off his shoes".

Times have changed and we are unlikely to see the same. But the effort housewives have put forth into their families is nonetheless comparable to that of the bread-winners -- if not more. Running a home is no easy undertaking. Successful upbringing of our parents' generation (and ours, subsequently) is heavily dependent on their hard work to keep things organized and everyone accommodated at home.

Would like to take this opportunity to show my high regard to these housewives, and to thank my grandmother and my mother for keeping the family in check.

Love you mom, love you grandma!

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