During the 19th century and much of the 20th century women were occupied with domestic chores and child-rearing day and night, and they had to fit recreation and hobbies around this work. This engraving of a woman at the piano, with a broom under her arm and an abandoned shovel and teapot on the floor, is perhaps extreme but it does illustrate the point.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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E-309-q-4-019
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