In the 1920s, Housework

Multiple Choice

In the 1920s, housework

A) made easier for middle-class housewives because they were able to hire immigrant women and farm girls for household help.
B) reduced in terms of hours and sheer physical effort thanks to electrification, store-bought clothing, and purchased food.
C) "socialized" through cooperative apartments, commercial laundries, and other collective forms of housework.
D) increased because industrialization and crowded urban conditions made homes dirtier.
E) became simpler because air conditioning and electric heat made homes cleaner.