[dfwgator]

2. WW II pulled huge numbers of women into the work force and got them out of the house. They liked working. Nothing wrong with that, but it doesn’t help domestic life. AND, mom working means more clothes, a second car, more gasoline, child care, etc. So much of Mom’s income goes to those incremental costs. We found this ourselves and it didn’t pay to have Mom working when #3 came along.

Greatly increased the supply of labor, which put downward pressure on wages. And so it basically made it where you did have to have two working spouses to get by.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That’s an interesting point about the increased supply of labor putting downward pressure on wages necessitating those two incomes. I had not thought about that.