How long does it take to read A 1950S Housewife?
Sheila M. Hardy
A 1950S Housewife by Sheila M. Hardy takes about 3 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 190 pages, about 52,250 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Being a housewife in the 1950s was quite a different experience to today. This book collects heartwarming personal anecdotes from women who embarked on married life during this fascinating postwar period.
Subjects: Women, History, Housewives, Marriage, Home economics, Nineteen fifties