On the record
The woman who does not keep up with all the latest methods of decorating and setting her table, and of putting the food on it properly, will find her occupation gone within a few years.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
He warns that women who do not adapt to modern methods in domestic work risk losing their relevance in the job market.
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