Shabana Azmi

I'm not saying a housewife is in any way inferior to a workingwoman. No, she isn't. But as an activist, as a woman, I would say the choice of being a housewife or pursuing a career should be left entirely to the woman and that choice should be respected.

Indian Actress

Martha Plimpton

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

American Model

Giles Deacon

My mother was a housewife. My father worked in the agriculture business, but they were very encouraging about everything. When I said I wanted to do art, they were very supportive.

British Designer

Katharine Hepburn

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.

American Actress

Tawni O'Dell

I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.

American Novelist

Pedro Almodovar

My mother was an extremely creative woman, despite the fact that she lived the life of a rural housewife.

Spanish Director

Nicola Sturgeon

Being a housewife is not important to me, but I'm never happier than when I come home and shut the door.

Scottish Politician

Sanam Saeed

I guess housewives like to get away from reality and enjoy the fantasy world for a bit.

Pakistani Actress

Jim Peebles

My mother was a housewife, and she had no job throughout her entire life.

Canadian Scientist

Liz Phair

I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife.

American Musician

The term is traditionally used for women, not men.

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The sewing kit use is old-fashioned and not common in modern English.

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 they would take this powder and they would put it in a box, and they would ask housewives to basically pour it in, stir some water in it, mix it, put it in the oven, and -- voila -- you had cake. But it turns out they were very unpopular. People did not want them, and they thought about all kinds of reasons for that.

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 After the war, we needed to direct our enormous production capacity toward creation of products for peacetime. Life Magazine helped in this effort by announcing the introduction of throwaways that would liberate the housewife from the drudgery of doing dishes. Mental note to the

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 because it doesn't have any but through 1.5 million housewives who are trained by the company who are paid thirty three percent commission and whom the process not only on self-respect and income but are able to use it to educate and provide better health for their children

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 this powder and they would put it in a box and they would ask housewives to basically pour it in stir some water in it mix it put it in the oven and voila you had cake but it turns out they were very unpopular people did not want them and they thought about all kinds of

 to a kind of less badass picture. This is just a cute house from "Desperate Housewives" or something. What on earth is going on here? Well, this illustrates the picture of the future that I think is how things will evolve. You've got an electric car in the driveway.

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 to see how it goes. This new model also helps with the media industry’s notorious problem with diversity. Anyone can be a writer in a web story platform, from a fresh grad cartoonist to a housewife, to who, you know, who dreamed of being a novelist one day.

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 japanese-controlled saipan she was imprisoned then smuggled back to the u.s disguised as a nun and if that weren't enough as a final twist she settled down to live at her life in monroe township new jersey as a housewife

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 I personally met with people from all walks of life -- mayors, NGOs, schoolchildren, politicians, militiamen, people from mosques, churches, the president of the country, even housewives.

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 In one highly viewed episode, a soap opera lead actress was killed by a stray bullet. Brazilian grannies and housewives were outraged, and in a case of art imitating life,

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 philanthropic arts they were housewives who just supported their spouses or they were just present on state functions and I know that's not what you're doing now

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