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More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave
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Podcasts that mention More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave by Ruth Schwartz Cowan
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Episode: EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update) | Freakonomics Radio
Published on September 16, 2024
The name of my book is 'More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from The Open Hearth to the Microwave'.
In this segment, historian Ruth Schwarz Cowan discusses her book 'More Work for Mother,' exploring how household technology impacts housework. She argues that while these technologies may change the nature of domestic labor, they often do not alleviate the workload and can even increase it.
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