Hate Housework? Get it Done Quicker

The 1950s and '60s were the glory days of home appliances and timesaving gadgets - for the first time, labor saving devices made it easy for the average person to cook and clean. Refrigerators and freezers, dish-washers and electric can-openers, electric blenders and vacuums, and yes, even the washing machine, made household chores less of an all-day activity and liberated women to take on extra work outside of the home. Nevertheless, as we know too well, these household chores still took time.