(cont'd from yesterday's post)
"Washing machines are still doing the work [today that] they were doing 80 years ago – which isn’t just cleaning clothes. These juddering boxes are life-transforming technologies that allow women to put their time and labor to more constructive use."
Life changes for a woman, her family, and her society when she escapes some of the labor of caring for her home. She gains independence, and her society benefits when she creates wealth or volunteers for a worthy cause - because she's free to be productive according to her own strengths and passions.
Economic freedom is a "proven road out of poverty." While the world has been getting freer, there are still 18 countries today where husbands can "legally deny their wives permission to work." Some of those are among the poorest in the world.
(cont'd tomorrow)
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