ABSTRACT
What are the possible solutions of the modern problem of home-making? In the Bassett study of 128 mothers, the possible readjustments are viewed in terms of seven major type-patterns. The seventh of these, requiring more description, is presented later in a different form.
… Commercial enterprises such as clothing factories, bakeries and laundries, largely managed by men, have been gradually taking away women's former work. Money has become a more important factor in living. Earning mothers are overworked; non-earning mothers have become more powerless and dependent than before. Both men and women feel the increased strain, and the more prudent are reluctant to raise enough children to maintain the race. To lessen these burdens upon mothers, and to encourage somewhat larger families among thoughtful people, various new social arrangements have been proposed.
