Dishpan Hands

Bob looks more disturbed/disgusted than hurt. Ladies' Home Journal - Jan 1945 Lux ran ads throughout the 1930s and 40s, warning women of the danger of dishpan hands, and their warnings eventually reached an unintended audience. In 1948, a Soviet delegate to the UN explained that the reason Soviet women were not allowed to leave the country with foreign husbands was because that in the West wives became kitchen slaves and developed dishpan hands. Detroit Free Press - Dec 7, 1948

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Dishpan Hands
Bob looks more disturbed/disgusted than hurt.

Ladies' Home Journal - Jan 1945

Lux ran ads throughout the 1930s and 40s, warning women of the danger of dishpan hands, and their warnings eventually reached an unintended audience.

In 1948, a Soviet delegate to the UN explained that the reason Soviet women were not allowed to leave the country with foreign husbands was because that in the West wives became kitchen slaves and developed dishpan hands.

Detroit Free Press - Dec 7, 1948

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