Housekeeping from Generation to Generation

I scanned this essay to preserve it.   My mother-in-law, Elaine Hamel Price, wrote it for a class of her's--probably back in the late 80's.  If I could connect all the dots in my world, I'd ask her for an exact date, and she could probably provide one; her memory is excellent, much better than mine.

As the youngest in her family, and because her family life was a humble relic of the older rural South, Elaine's recollections are reminiscent of an even older generation.  I also find the comparison's between housekeeping in the 1970's-1980's with housekeeping in the 1930's interesting.

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