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Dear Ann Landers,
Cooking, table-setting, serving, at $2 an hour... $50. Dishwashing, at $1.25 an hour ... $17.50. Child care, at 50 cents an hour (ridiculous since this is what most sit-ters get for just sitting)... $17.50. Routine housework, at $1.25 an hour... $22.50. Laundry, at $1.25 an hour... $6.25. Ironing, at $1.25 an hour ... $6.25. The chart suggests adding 25 cents for miscellaneous work. So the grand total is $150 a week. On a yearly basis, a housewife is worth $7,800. 2 4 8 ANN LANDERS Believe it or not, this leaflet has given me dignity. I no longer feel like a parasite. Tonight when Mr. Greatheart comes home, I'm going to greet him like a woman who earns almost $8,000 a year because that's what I am.

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ear Ashamed No Longer. Housewives of America, unite! Clip this column for your husband. And as for you, Mr. Greatheart, take that-and that-and that.



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