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At Home continued

''Scientific methods" were to eliminate the drudgery of housework.
Report / The Education Department of W.A. for the year 1908, Perth 1909, p.94.

Naturally every woman should rule in her own home, and for two reasons
(a) because, she has been fitted by Nature for the work.
(b) because, unless she does rule, the home lacks proper organisation.
Leonora Rudkin. "Sparks" Fortnightly, 20 May 1922, p.12.

We have seen how the present day nervous complaints of women have arisen from unhealthy living conditions, and how such conditions were caused by unhygenic environment, and monotonous household duties.
Leonora Rudkin. "Sparks" Fortnightly, 28 January 1922, p.20

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