“To be a housewife is a difficult, a wrenching, sometimes an ungrateful job if it is looked on only as a job. Regarded as a profession, it is the noblest as it is the most ancient of the catalogue. Let none persuade us differently or the world is lost indeed.” IfsWorldSometimesJobsLostDifficultAncientProfessionHousewifeUngratefulCatalogues Book:Sixpence in Her Shoe Source: Sixpence in Her Shoe
“To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the duties to be performed, the method of payment, the form of supervision, the tenure system, the market in which the workers find jobs, and the physical hazzards are all very different from the way things are in other occupations.” WayDifferentJobsFormDutyMembersMethodWorkersCharacteristicsOccupationPeculiarPaymentHousewifeTenureSupervision Author:Barbara Bergmann
“Being an actress has something in common with being a housewife. They both look terribly easy to someone who hasn't done them. And the easier it looks, probably the better you are doing your job.” LooksDoneJobsActorsEasyCommonEasierActressesHousewife Author:Glenda Jackson