Note 264 — Chapter VIII · THE INDUSTRIAL DISADVANTAGES OF DOMESTIC SERVICE
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“The reason for dislike of housework is the want of liberty, and the submission which girls have to submit to when they have to comply with whatever rules a mistress may deem necessary. Therefore many girls go into mechanical pursuits, that some of their life may be their own.”
“Girls in housework are bossed too much.”
“There are too many mistresses in the house when the mother and grown-up daughters are all at home.”
“Most of us would like a little more independence, and to do our work as we please.”
“In housework you receive orders from half a dozen persons, in a shop or factory from but one.”
“A man doesn’t let his wife and daughters and sons interfere in the management of his mill or factory—why does a housekeeper let everybody in the house boss?”