housewife
Also known as stay-at-home mother, stay-at-home mom
thumb|Young Housewife, oil painting on canvas by Alexey Tyranov, currently housed at the [[Russian Museum in St Petersburg, Russia (1840s)]] A housewife (also known as a homemaker or a stay-at-home mother/mom/mum) is a woman whose role is running or managing her family's home—housekeeping, which may include caring for her children; cleaning and maintaining the home; making, buying and/or mending clothes for the family; buying, cooking, and storing food for the family; buying goods that the family needs for everyday life; partially or solely managing the family budget—and who is not employed ou
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thumb|Young Housewife, oil painting on canvas by Alexey Tyranov, currently housed at the [[Russian Museum in St Petersburg, Russia (1840s)]] A housewife (also known as a homemaker or a stay-at-home mother/mom/mum) is a woman whose role is running or managing her family's home—housekeeping, which may include caring for her children; cleaning and maintaining the home; making, buying and/or mending clothes for the family; buying, cooking, and storing food for the family; buying goods that the family needs for everyday life; partially or solely managing the family budget—and who is not employed outside the home. The male equivalent is the househusband.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household. The British ''Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary'' (1901) defines a housewife as "the mistress of a household; a female domestic manager [...]".