[QUOTE=ibex94;8650641]I don't think my grandmothers ironed and I have no idea what my great-grandmother's did.
Back when I was a child in the 50s, everyone I knew ironed and cooked their own starch concoction. They washed clothes on Mondays and ironed on Tues. religiously as if it was some kind of law. haha Every yard had a big clothesline and bag filled with clothespins. A lot of the things were sprinkled as they were taken off the line and placed in the refrig overnight to be ironed the next day. I remember my mon starching my layers and layers of petticoats and laying them out in the grass to dry. They were so stiff that they would stand up by themselves!!!