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Household Management Timeline

  • Laundry and Kitchen

    Laundry and Kitchen

    Indoor sinks, stove, wringer, washtub.
  • Bathroom

    Bathroom

    Outhouses were used for restroom purposes, or indoor slop buckets.
  • Lighting

    Lighting

    Kerosene was used for lower/working middle class lighting. Gas for upper, middle class. Candles were also used.
  • Electricity

    Electricity

    Only used in homes of the rich and rarely used at that.
  • Home Delivery

    Home Delivery

    Doctors' visits, peddlers, tailors, and foods were often times delivered.
  • Household Servants

    Household Servants

    Servants were usually one for every 15 households.
  • Household Work

    Household Work

    Very hands on and repetitive.
  • Period: to

    Timespan

    Order and significance.
  • Laundry and Kitchen

    Laundry and Kitchen

    Sinks with hot and cold water, stove, refrigerator instead of ice box, washing machines.
  • Bathroom

    Bathroom

    Sinks, toilets, bathtub or showers. Having one or two per NEW home.
  • Household Servants

    Household Servants

    It dwindles down as time goes on to one servant for every 42 households.
  • Electricity

    Electricity

    It is now in nearly 80% of the homes.
  • Home Delivery

    Home Delivery

    Shopping centers were introduced and less delivery of food and household items.
  • Lighting

    Lighting

    Electricity is now the most present; kerosene is used in rural areas at times.
  • Household Work

    Household Work

    Hands on but machine aided.
  • Household Work

    Household Work

    Hands on but machine aided.
  • Laundry and Kitchen

    Laundry and Kitchen

    They had a sink, stove, dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, and dryer.
  • Bathroom

    Bathroom

    Sinks, multiple bathrooms accessible, showers, toilets, bathtubs.
  • Household Servants

    Household Servants

    Now these are a rarity. They were replaces with child care and maid services.
  • Electricity

    Electricity

    All homes now have the power of electricity.
  • Lighting

    Lighting

    Lighting is most commonly electricity.
  • Home Delivery

    Home Delivery

    Internet shopping caused for home delivery. There are also malls and superstores. Doctors most commonly inside of doctor offices or hospitals.