Ah, the 1850s when life was good!
The US Post is great and all, but I would gladly trade the US post for a large beaver-hunting territory!
Horses are too fast! Walking is better.
Or whatever... come on!
The US Post is great and all, but I would gladly trade the US post for a large beaver-hunting territory!
Horses are too fast! Walking is better.
Or whatever... come on!
I was going to say this typo was accurate, but now I realise I've never actually seen a detailed analysis of how much people worried in the past, just confident claims it was so.
When was this chill time when we could just take off fishing for a week or two?
Random breakdown of time :) * 1800s * 1900-WW1 * WW1-WW2 * WW2-1980 * 1980-Now
And yeah, single breadwinner households were a thing back in the day it was generally because women didn't have a choice at all.
I'm pretty sure you have more options and choice today as to how you want to live your life, but if you want a family you gotta feed the little bastards one way or another, that has always been a "worry".