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mwmisses4289

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3. If you look at the history of work, women have always worked, especially those who were not gentry or nobility.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 07:35 AM

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"The mom stays home to look after the kids" really doesn't seem to become an established thing until the Victorian era (maybe Regency era), as the growing middle class began to have a bit more money and leisure. Even among the upper classes, mom didn't really look after the kids as we understand it, they farmed out their care to tutors, governesses, nannies, nursemaids and other servants.

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