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More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave (2nd Edition) by Ruth Schwartz Cowan Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1985 ISBN-10: 0-465-04732-7 / 0465047327 ISBN-13: 978-0-465-04732-1 / 9780465047321 In this classic work of women’s history (winner of the 1984 Dexter Prize from the Society for the History of Technology), Ruth Schwartz Cowan shows how and why modern women devote as much time to housework as did their colonial sisters. In lively and provocative prose, Cowan explains how the modern |