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A lot of women in that generation were 100% housewife, and their entire world was home making. Raising the kids, keeping the house clean and preparing the meals. My wife's grandmother was a great lady. She raised 4 kids on a farm in the middle of nowhere, Oklahoma during the dust bowl days. I can't imagine 100+ degree days every day, and dust blowing everywhere in a house with no electricity, and the only water source was in the front yard and the water well. She would go out and pump a bucket of water, come inside and dunk sheets in the water and hang those on the windows to make some cooler air, and control the dust a little. Then she had to fire up the wood burning stove then cook dinner for her family, and the hired hands during harvest.
My grandparents all lived in the city buy the 1930s dust bowl days, but they all grew up on farms. My dad talked about getting up in the morning and having to light the wood stove to heat up the frozen water pitcher enough to get a drink of water. He said frost on his bed was a regular thing.
I get grumpy when I have to get up in the middle of the night to pee and the heated tile floor thermostat was set wrong and it was not warm enough.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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