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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.