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the unpaid CEO of a job that never clocks out or stops needing snacks
means A person who manages a household and cares for the family at home, typically without outside employment.
from A plain English compound of "home" and "maker" — "home" from Old English "ham" (a dwelling, a village), and "maker" from the verb "make." The word emerged as a tidy, dignifying alternative to "housewife," reframing the role as one of active building rather than mere occupancy: not someone who simply lives in a house, but someone who makes a home out of it.
- replacement cost
- Duties valued near 180,000 dollars yearly if paid
- old title
- Once called housewife; men now claim it too
- endless shift
- Estimated 90-plus hours weekly, no overtime exists
- economic ghost
- GDP ignores their labor entirely worldwide
- skill stack
- Chef, nurse, accountant, teacher, negotiator in one person
june cleaver — fictional character from leave it to beaver (1957-1963) who epitomized the idealized 1950s american homemaker
martha stewart — founded martha stewart living in 1991, built empire around domestic arts and homemaking expertise