San Bernardino, California, October 9, 1938

Nonpaying jobs are always freely theirs for the asking. Poorly maid menial work, like washing clothes and floors and dishes, has never been denied them. No newspapers has ever voiced a protest against a woman’s cooking for a family of six, raising four restless children, nursing them through whooping cough while their father moves considerately to a downtown hotel to avoid the confusion and anxiety at home.