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[โ€“] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And specifically customs of the British upper classes. Working class women were generally not staying at home for decades to raise children.

[โ€“] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

You mean middle classes. Upper classes had governesses.