House Wife and the High Cost of Living, The.

Empire State Campaign Committee. Small Leaflet: "The House Wife and the High Cost of Living.” N.Y.: Empire State Campaign Committee, [1915].

Leaflet: single sheet, 7 x 6", folded to 3-1/2 x 6"; 4 pp.; printed on both sides; fine.

The leaflet mingles household advice with examples of how government affects many aspects of a domestic household. It describes, for example, the "fireless cooker" but warns "the cost of wood and coal is largely regulated by railroad agreements, by mining conditions and by a general industrial situation which in turn is influenced by laws. If you really want to cut down your coal bill, get the vote for law makers.” Jane Addams and other Progressives turned the anti-suffrage argument that woman’s place was in the home on its heels and argued that because women bore primary responsibility for the household she needed the vote. The anti-suffragists long had suggested that political activity diverted women from their domestic duties. Here the pamphlet provides a recipe for pot roast with the recommendation women using the cooking time to canvass for votes for women.

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