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Originally Posted by Tervuren
Obviously, a large amount of home economy cannot be accomplished if the wife and kids are working at a factory...I was referencing pre-factory days in a mostly slave free culture.
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Applies to post factory days as well. Maybe when Henry Ford first paid the workers a robust amount of money could have been the start of "comfortably supporting" a family.
With respect to your original post about wages rising. That six day week was also married to a tiny house without plumbing or insulation. No car or at best a single jalopy when approaching the 60's. It was a spartan lifestyle.