When I was a child,we never had a drier other than a clothesline. First we washed the clothes and hung them on the line to dry.Next we made starch on the stove in a large pan;when it was cool enough,we put all articles that needed starch into the pan and one by one, we soaked those clothes in the starch and hung them up on the line to dry. Then we sprinkled them with water from a sprinkler bottle, rolled them up to "season" for overnight and then we ironed them.
I ironed most of them every day after school and learned to do my father's shirts well! He wore dress shirts every day and a fresh one if he had an evening meeting or event at the university where he taught.
It was important that the starch soak every fiber before ironing or the shirts would be limp and look messy. When using starch these days, most people iron too quickly after spraying. I spray starch each one and stack it on top of a pile, then roll up and let sit while I do another pile or two. Then I iron, starting with the bottom of pile 1. If I don't get it done that day, I put it into a plastic bag and put it in the freezer.I end up with very nice fabric. My granddaughters like to iron it too when they are with me.
"Anything worth doing is worth doing well " was how I was brought up--I am sure I wasn't the only one who remembers that !! Speed is great for some things, not for fabric.