A family talks about the life of a miner's wife, which consisted of long hours, hard work, and raising children. In general, the men worked in the mine for nine hours and relaxed in the evening, while the women did the all house work (cooking meals, baking bread, fetching water, cleaning) until the late evening. Washing, mending, and sewing new clothes was done by hand. The company house had to be renovated and repaired by the miners. The men hunted rabbits, squirrels, and birds and made sausage from the meat. The women raised vegetables in the garden. More details are provided about what they ate and the things they crafted themselves. A pay statement from 1945 shows what was withheld by the mining company. At 83, Mrs. Bazanele still makes embroidered woolen blankets for her grandchildren and sees it as her wifely duties to care for her husband (age 86).
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A family talks about the life of a miner's wife, which consisted of long hours, hard work, and raising children. In general, the men worked in the mine for nine hours and relaxed in the evening, while the women did the all house work (cooking meals, baking bread, fetching water, cleaning) until the late evening. Washing, mending, and sewing new clothes was done by hand. The company house had to be renovated and repaired by the miners. The men hunted rabbits, squirrels, and birds and made sausage from the meat. The women raised vegetables in the garden. More details are provided about what they ate and the things they crafted themselves. A pay statement from 1945 shows what was withheld by the mining company. At 83, Mrs. Bazanele still makes embroidered woolen blankets for her grandchildren and sees it as her wifely duties to care for her husband (age 86).
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