Housewife
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| - | # The [[wife]] of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. | ||
| - | == See also == | + | A '''housewife''' is a woman whose main [[Career|occupation]] is running or managing her [[family]]'s [[home]]—caring for and [[educating]] her [[children]], [[cooking]] and [[Food preservation|storing]] food, buying [[Good (economics)|goods]] the family needs in day-to-day life, [[housekeeping|cleaning]] and maintaining the home, [[Sewing|making]] clothes for the family, etc.—and who is generally not employed outside the home. Merriam Webster describes a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her [[household]]. The British ''Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary'' (1901) defined a housewife as: "the mistress of a household; a female domestic manager; a pocket sewing kit". |
| - | *[[Homemaker]] | + | |
| + | The related term '''''homemaker''''' has almost the same meaning but is not limited to women and does not connote marriage. | ||
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| + | ==Notable housewives== | ||
| + | *[[Martha B. Alexander]] | ||
| + | *[[Margaret Dayton]] | ||
| + | *[[Geanie Morrison]] | ||
| + | *[[Terry Rakolta]] | ||
| + | *[[Ann Romney]] | ||
| + | *[[Barbara Stafford]] | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Feminist economics]] | ||
| + | * [[Homemaker]] | ||
| + | * [[Stay-at-home dad]] | ||
| + | * [[Soccer mom]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Compleat Housewife|The Compleat Housewife or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion]]'', an English cookbook and how-to manual; also the first published cookbook in the United States | ||
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| == Namesakes == | == Namesakes == | ||
| *''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' | *''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' | ||
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A housewife is a woman whose main occupation is running or managing her family's home—caring for and educating her children, cooking and storing food, buying goods the family needs in day-to-day life, cleaning and maintaining the home, making clothes for the family, etc.—and who is generally not employed outside the home. Merriam Webster describes a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household. The British Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1901) defined a housewife as: "the mistress of a household; a female domestic manager; a pocket sewing kit".
The related term homemaker has almost the same meaning but is not limited to women and does not connote marriage.
Notable housewives
See also
- Feminist economics
- Homemaker
- Stay-at-home dad
- Soccer mom
- The Compleat Housewife or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion, an English cookbook and how-to manual; also the first published cookbook in the United States
Namesakes
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