#housewife

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals. ↗

— Ann Oakley

#call #children #clean #dedication #development

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations. ↗

— Ann Richards

#could #entertainer #expectations #going #had

I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#else #far #housewife #housework #i

I'm getting stale. I always do this time of year. I keep my nose to the grindestone and put in long hours and rustle up good meals and do all the chores and run errands and get along with people -- and have a fine time doing it and enjoy life. Then I realize, bang, that I'm tired and I don't want to wait on my family for a while and I wish I could go away somewhere and have people wait on me hand and foot, and dress up and go to restaurants and the theater and act like a woman of the world. I feel as if I'd been swallowed up whole by all these powerful DeVotos and I'd like to be me for a while with somebody who never heard the name. ↗

— Joan Reardon

#housewifery #identity #marriage #motherhood #family

If you are a housewife, take pride in that. ↗

— Anthea Turner

#pride #take #you

The corporate woman has been defined as the 'liberated woman' and I see that as the exact opposite. I think she now is more enslaved, maybe even more than the housewife was; because she's so out of her power, and imitating male power is not female power. ↗

— Kenny Loggins

#been #corporate #defined #enslaved #even

I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife. ↗

— Liz Phair

#i #i was raised #intelligent #raised #very

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. ↗

— Graham Greene

#away #careful #economy #housewife #like

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#fantasies #fantasy #guess #housewife #i

I'm finally a suburban housewife. Honestly, it's my dream come true. ↗