homemaker

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"There would be famine and people would suffer a lot. People are suffering now, but at least with war, our fate might be clear," 60-year-old homemaker Tayebeh said.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The novel begins with a quintessential 1940s California homemaker preparing for . . . something.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Margaret Ann Shriver was born in North Carolina to a homemaker mother who later worked for the National Council of Churches and a Presbyterian minister, later the president of Union Theological Seminary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

His father, William “Skip” Pratt, is a dentist, and his mother, Janet, a homemaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

I don’t know what she thought about, how she felt about being a traditional homemaker as opposed to working a different job.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama