Kathleen Norris Says When Mother Gets a Job
Kathleen Norris reflects on wartime work as a mother wife and wage earner Harriet Barnes 38 works nights at a lathe husband shifts stretch family duties span market trips night school and Red Cross tasks Sons serve in the navy The piece weighs financial security mortgage burdens and future peace time prospects Leaning on wages to secure home ownership Norris notes the shift from home life to work and the hope that war earnings sustain solvency and a debt free home.
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Kathleen Norris
Arriet Barnes
Red Cross
Harriet
Larry
Linda
Mother
War Time Home Front Duties Push Family to Share Tasks
A wartime guidance piece urges Harriet to stay in her job while demanding shared domestic duties at home. It emphasizes that husbands and children must help with washing dishes, setting tables, and organizing chores to keep operations running while workers like Harriet support the war effort. The article stresses that nationwide production and shipping depend on every home contributing.
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Mother
A Shortage of Men Endangers American Life Style
A Collier's weekly feature argues that the U.S. faces a male shortage due to war and biology, predicting millions of women may remain unmarried. It cites lower male resilience, immigration effects, and rising female lifespans as factors, warning of social upheaval and altered gender dynamics.
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United States
Europe
Sweden
England
France
Germany
Cnal
New York Aquarium
Lynn Says Paint Wisdom Wartime Budget Advice
The message urges rationing readers to space red stamp purchases and avoid buying meat alongside other scarce foods. It emphasizes studying paint values and understanding the system rather than relying on others, noting family likes should not influence wartime budgeting. It warns against wasteful storage and overbuying as home front sabotage.
JOQUSEHOLD SONS Garden Tips From an Old Page
A collection of practical household tips on gardening, cooking, and everyday fixes. Advice covers pruning beans, watering deeply, sealing a leaky bucket, flavoring baked beans with salt pork, safely storing poisons, using twine, preserving sour fruit, and sealing rope ends. Tips emphasize simple, practical steps for home use.
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Joqusehold
Eare
Aimee Hoe
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Sooth Wells
St Josephip
Cain
Ballogg
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