Back in the ’50s, heavy housework meant thinner women – Arizona Daily Star

Sunday, June 10th, 2012 at 7:08 am

Back in the '50s, heavy housework meant thinner women
Arizona Daily Star
In the 1950s, women didn't need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners. A recent British study found that back then the average waistline was 28 inches (today it's 36) because women exerted so much more energy around the house …