Working Hard was the norm on the Farms in the mid west. My Grandmother worked her butt off. Milked cows, Sold milk, Made butter for sale, fed Chickens, Sold eggs, Dressed out Chickens for dinner, Tended the Garden & Orchard, Canned everything you can think of, Made Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner to feed everybody. 2 Aunts drove tractor and worked harder in the field than most men. Everybody in the 50's including the Kids worked their butts off on the Farm.

Yes it was in the cities and among the ethnic