Domestic chores

A simple glass and pearl gray metal frame displaying four samples from a domestic chores class. Labores or domestic chores was a compulsory subject for female students in a teacher training college, as the schoolmistresses had to teach girls how to sew. The majority of girls were destined to do domestic chores and be housewives, with hardly any other professional prospects. Boys and male students who attended the teacher training college were excluded from this subject. There was a deep divide between the sexes during this time period.