The houseworkfor the foreign-born housewife is often complicated by other factors.
But the foreign-born women with whom we have conferred in this study have repeatedly emphasized the advantages that come from being shown how to do housework under the conditions in this country.
The inevitable assumption that any extra tasks of housework or sewing should fall to the women may make for a disproportionately long and tedious day for the woman lodger.
The palace was full of servants, so there was no detail of housework that Aunt Em could look after.
You might do housework for some one, dear, you are so handy; or perhaps you could be a nurse-maid to little children.
Housework will come hard at first, after so many years of sitting all day and half the night at needlework; but I gain strength very fast by using what I have, and Margaret is very handy, and will save me a great many steps.
But general housework is very hard; and you look so delicate.
I'd rather do general housework for six dollars a month than go every day and teach thirty little nincompoops a-b, ab.
But the thing is you are doing general housework for nothing a month.
Cooked three meals and didhousework all day, and am too tired to do anything but go to bed.
Plan your housework well the day before and have everything in readiness.
Said Aunt Sarah, "The lack of system in housework is what makes it drudgery.
One could not induce a Maori girl to do housework for a European for any wage, neither would a Maori boy black a white man's shoes.
In both India and Ceylon one never sees a woman servant engaged at housework in European homes or hotels.
Rachel accomplished all the rest of the housework herself, including cookery, and she accomplished it with the stylistic smartness of a self-respecting lady-help.
In addition to being one of the finest exponents of the art of step-stoning and general housework that the Five Towns could show, she had numerous other talents.
We simplified our housework in other ways in order that we might have time to study and Burton wasted a good deal of time at the fiddle, sawing away till I was obliged to fall upon him and roll him on the floor to silence him.
His wife, who did nearly all the housework for five boarders as well as for the members of her own family, was a soul of heroic pride and most indomitable energy.
There were times when the daily routine of lonely and monotonous housework gave place to an agreeable bustle, and human intercourse lightened the toil.
Although large and seemingly strong, her increasing weight made her long days of housework a torture.
Mother shall have a girl to do the housework so that we can visit her often,"--and so on and on!
I had so many plans for her this next month in fitting her for her position, and now she will settle down to housework again, and to the nursing of that poor, sick, cross old aunt.
The haircloth could not be found, and the pebble would attract the notice of the Argus-eyed aunt, besides being a foolish bar to the activity of a person who had to do housework and walk a mile and a half to school.
Aunt Miranda wanted Hannah to come to Riverboro instead of me, but mother couldn't spare her; she takes hold of housework better than I do, Hannah does.
Janet was gradually but steadily cutting down the amount of housework she did in Flat Number Fifteen!
The terms on which Cornelia chummed up with her successive companions always included an agreement to have the housework done, share and share alike.
One question that Cornelia put to Hercules was: Had Janet's repugnance for housework merely kept pace with her growing appetite for women's rights, or was Robert Lloyd at the bottom of all the mischief?
It falls upon all who try to get out of doing their own housework in New York.
It isn't so hard on the farmer's wife, because she takes her houseworkinto town with her and keeps busy.
Her housework went to the wall, and in despair she turned to Abner to help her out.
Mother says one may do housework and look like a lady if she has common sense.
Cinderella at the ball was not less delighted, and this little Cinderella, too, had a misgiving now and then about to-morrow, when she must go home to the housework and the boarders and the gathering of beans for dinner.
Why, it wuz a lesson in morals to see that big grand river crumplin' down to do housework for a spell.
Persons who do housework should wear the India rubber gloves which are made for the purpose and can be purchased in any size for from $1.
But first I will tell you that for many years I have longed for a servant to help me with the housework and to cook the meals and wash the dishes.
He also made Scraps come to life so she could do the housework for his wife Margolotte.
Virginia was able to devote part of this cheque to the providing of what was locally known as a "supply" to do the housework while she herself was away.
That was because she had been starving herself and doing all thehousework for the best part of two years.
There is attached to the town a large native location, for the heavy part of the work as well as the housework is about all done by native boys.
Twenty-five girls were then staying at the mission, and they are being trained in housework and sewing, in addition to school and outside work.
I heard no lessons, but did a little sewing, and all the housework that the negroes ought to do.
I knew others who turned the mattresses and made the beds, and though I was seldom quite without help, Robert found plenty of housework to do, which he would not permit either Mary, or Lilly, or myself to attempt.
When he was doing this housework it was comical to watch his vixen.
Then his difficulties with her began for she would go out, but as he had his housework to do, he could not allow it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "housework" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
