Women's chores in the 1800's

the family ate their meals at the table in the kitchen this was the only room that was always warm in the winter and being near the fireplace meant that Mrs Wilson didn't have to carry anything very far for everything in the house was Heavy the firewood the pots the pans the tea kettle the poking iron and the big buckets of water which had to be brought in from the well outside with husbands at work work and children at school this was the woman's job women's chores were many in these times Mrs Wilson had to make her own butter first she'd put fresh cream into a wooden container and then churn and churn and churn but then Mr Wilson bought a new kind of churner which hung from a rocker whoever walked by gave it a