My MIL had 10 boys and 1 girl. I remember my SIL telling me that she had to scrub clothes on the scrub board. Her girlfriend would come over and ask if she could play, she said she couldn't because she had to wash clothes. Her friend asked if she could help her so that they could visit. Good friend huh!
She would bake cakes, not one or two, but quite a few at one time in a brick oven. She also made all the boys underwear. She worked hard but never complained, that's the way it was then. The boys had their chores to do as well, they owned a dairy.