Mrs. Frank Unger, “How I made 1150 dollars in eleven months”, dans The Delineator, février 1922
Promotion of home-made success of an American housewife
The chiselled paper of the Delineator, the period portrait of Mrs. Frank Unger in its center, draw our eye to the object of the article, the hope of a better income and consequently, an American housewife’s quest for gainful employment that leads her to a small sewing job spotted in a women’s magazine. As Mrs. Frank Unger kept track of the week’s expenses with her husband, she realized that as prices rose, the monthly income was no longer sufficient to guarantee their comfort and it was becoming difficult to meet ordinary clothing and household expenses. Worried, the young woman began to think and look for a paid work that would fit her household chores and by persistently leafing through women’s magazines, she finally found a job offer for knitting men’s socks with a machine sent by the company that had placed the ad. In almost a year, she has amassed enough money to pay the household bills, keep her family comfortable and partially purchase their dream house. Through a popular source of information for housewives at the time, Mrs. Frank Unger was able to not only find a paid work, but to balance her budget and expand it considerably, setting a true example of success and rewarded hope.