19th-century attempts to mechanize washing

In 1965, married American women did 34 hours of housework weekly. By 2010, that had fallen to 18 hours. The dishwasher wasn’t the only cause, but it certainly helped. You can see the images, graphs and read the article at https://worksinprogress.co/issue/inventing-the-dishwasher/

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Words by Erin Braid
Read by Stuart Ritchie
Music by David Hackett