housewife
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"Since yesterday we've been wondering what will become of our lives," 38-year-old housewife Gloria Giraldo, whose neighborhood had tumbled around her, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
"The loss of the leader is heavier than losing our parents," Hoda, a 35-year-old housewife, told AFP news agency.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
In 1899 Kate Chopin’s novel “The Awakening,” about a mutineering New Orleans housewife, challenged conventions of marriage and motherhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Even before her husband’s death and her takeover as CEO of TPUSA, she was a highly-educated career woman only playing at being the demure housewife for his audiences.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
I even put that on my passport, in a moment of bravado, since the other choice would have been housewife.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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German defence giant Rheinmetall on Sunday sought to smooth over a row caused by comments from its boss comparing Ukrainian factories producing drones to "housewives" making weapons in their kitchens.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In nonprofit has shed about a quarter of its staff as the founder focuses the feminist organization on pushing back against the “tradwife” and manosphere movements that prioritize women’s roles as housewives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
The series was set to begin filming in the spring and follow Zarin and fellow housewives Kelly Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer and Sonja Morgan in South Florida, according to Deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Social media’s entire “tradwife” genre is about professional content creators pretending to be submissive housewives to sell advertising.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
But the vacuum cleaner did it faster and better, and soon Mrs. Jones was the envy of all the other housewives in town—so they bought vacuum cleaners, too.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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