a woman’s place is in the home
- a woman’s place is in the home
1844 ‘J. SLICK’ High Life II. 121 A woman’s place is her own house, a taking care of the children.
1897 ‘S. GRAND’ Beth Book (1898) xix. If we had..done as we were told, the woman’s-sphere-is-home would have been as ugly and comfortless a place for us today as it used to be.
1936 R. A. J. WALLING Corpse with Dirty Face iv. Mrs. Franks, being a dutiful wife, was always on the premises. ‘Ah, yes—woman’s place is in the home,’ said Pierce.
1943 A. CHRISTIE Moving Finger vi. I go up in arms against the silly old-fashioned prejudice that women’s place is always the home.
1979 G. WAGNER Barnardo v. Barnardo..firmly believed that a woman’s place was in the home.
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