Changes in Technology for the Housewife - Washing Clothes, Part 2 - American Women's History Journey

Changes in Technology for the Housewife, Washing Clothes, Part 2

Virginia R. Bensen

Doing the laundry was quite an undertaking prior to the invention of the washing machine in the early 1900s.

Here are two videos found on YouTube. Check these out.

Doing the laundry during the American Revolution Era.

Doing the laundry during the America Civil War.

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