Washing & Ironing the Hard Way
Frances Culver>UIS Collection C-G>UIS Collection C-G, Segment 7
- CHILDHOOD WORK
- When a child, she helped with the washing and ironing. Clothes were rubbed on a washboard and then boiled. Water and the irons were heated on a kerosene stove. There were lots of starched petticoats, ruffles, and linen tablecloths.
