May I congratulate all married women who are at present doing war work as well as running their own homes?
At present my wife and child are away from home, and every evening on returning from work I face washing, cooking, scrubbing, sweeping and all the other household jobs which are normally my wife’s province. In my splendid isolation I marvel at the spirit of those astonishing women who can do all their household duties week after week, plus war work, and still look fresh and cheerful.
Truly, never has so much been done for so many for so little appreciation.
J.L. (Sydenham)
Letter to Woman magazine, 12 September 1942