http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/awomansplace http://jezebel.com/tag/awomansplace Check out the short documentary A Woman's Place, about the early days of the UK women's movement: be inspired, then depressed by the fact that the "four basic demands" of the First International Women's Day march are still unanswered. [TheFWord]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5416201&view=rss&microfeed=true In 1953, Cornell University scholars "re-engineered the most used room in the house." New Kitchen Built To Fit Your Wife is an earnest, five page article via Modern Mechanix detailing the amazing improvements made to kitchen cabinets after researchers used super slow motion to "show a housewife's actions." Imagine the time, money and brain power that went into this project, which basically determined that cabinets should be at a height women can reach! [ModernMechanix]

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