A Lifetime Of Labor: Maybelle Carter At Work

In rural America in the early part of last century, women who did full-time labor to keep households and farms running while raising children were considered unemployed unless they earned a wage. Country music pioneer Mother Maybelle Carter often did double duty, laboring at home by day, raising children, and playing shows at night for years.

Source: NPR
Published: Aug 14, 2019
Length: 12 minutes (3,080 words)
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