This is a page from what is now often referred to as the street listing, census listing, or, more often, "nosy book."  A glance down the occupation column indicates that this isn't a recent edition.  It's from 1939.  While the women were at home washing diapers on the scrub board and hanging them on the line, what were the men doing?  Click here to see a page from the men's section of the same book.                                                    Short Stories Menu                                     HOME