1940 housewife

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They do everything: washing dishes, cleaning, laundry, clothesline, taking care of children in the spirit of fun and smiles on their faces. They are young beautiful housewives of the 1940s and 1950s.

When you don't know the best way to clean your house, vintage homemaking is the solution! Try an easy, step-by-step 1940s cleaning schedule!

History behind the kitschy 1950's food culture. Brace yourself for tacky appetizers and Jell O, baby, lots of Jell O.

If you hang your laundry on the line to dry , do you have a clothespin bag to put your clothes pins in? ( Vintage image for sale , via .)...

Explore how women in the 1940s managed to keep their homes running smoothly despite a shortage of resources and tight financial budgets with this deep dive into life as a homemaker during this era.

Why does food (and especially a sandwich!) always taste better when someone else makes it? My mother makes a simple but delicious sandwich every day for lunch. Always the same, she slices good hearth bread, slathers it with Hellman’s Best Mayo on both slices, adds a few squares of Swiss cheese and piles on several leaves of crunchy lettuce or occasionally baby spinach. On goes the top, and with a slice down the middle, there it is — the perfect sandwich.

Have you ever wondered what life was like for the 1940s housewife? How did she care for her family during wartime hardships?

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