Context: In the 1820s (even before that), laundry was not a small chore. You had to bring water from a well or river, heat it on fire, make soap if you did not have any, and then scrub every piece by hand on a washboard or stone. After that came wringing and carrying heavy wet clothes outside to dry. It easily took up the whole day. So yeah, no wonder Margaret is glaring. Fact: Washerwomen in the 1800s were also known as the best gossip network in town, if you wanted news you went to the washhouse.
Meanwhile me: complaining about carrying laundry from the dryer to the couch😂
whenever anyone claims that people in the pre industrial era had much more free time, I bring up laundry.
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