The Tradwife Rises with Sarah Archer

Sarah Archer came by to make an episode from scratch. What's the real history of the American housewife? Where did the tradwife come from, and why? Is she okay? Will we be okay? And who is she churning all that butter for?
Sarah Archer's accompanying Substack post open.substack.com/pub/saraharcher/p/going-to-b…
Sarah Archer's bibliography
Clips:
Mrs. Modern versus Mrs. Drudge from The Middleton Family at the 1939 New York World's Fair (produced by Westinghouse) youtu.be/vH2Lpl-UB64?si=vtVFAWhAvkDq-EOE (youtu.be/vH2Lpl-UB64?feature=shared)

Design for Dreaming from General Motors 1956 Motorama featuring the Frigidaire “Kitchen of the Future” display youtu.be/4_ccAf82RQ8?si=mzVREYgY-d2yWcCl (youtu.be/4_ccAf82RQ8?feature=shared)

“Total Electric Home,” Westinghouse, 1959 youtu.be/IRrMLaiiAGY?si=aoc-7PQfSQIEZW5r (youtu.be/IRrMLaiiAGY?feature=shared)

The Frankfurt Kitchen at MoMA: youtube.com/watch?v=6T3EM872x-A

Articles Books and Pods:

Dolores Hayden, Grand Domestic Revolution: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262580557/the-grand-domes…

Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674286078

“Wife Sentences,” Moira Donegan bookforum.com/print/3004/lisa-selin-davis-s-co…

“Trad Wives,” In Bed with the Right podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-bed-with-the-…
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