The American housewife of an earlier day was famous for her unremitting diligence.

"That may be good for some American housewives who drive out in their own cars."

It is a big, expensive cookbook of elaborate information and might well prove formidable to the American housewife.

Betty Friedan's book gave American housewives a shock of recognition.

To meet, as the many biographies reveal, she seemed like a typical young American housewife, the girl in a deodorant or detergent ad.

"I know it's silly to shout at the maid every time she makes a mistake," said one American housewife in Brazil.

My mother was unhappy with the published article, because she was portrayed as a "typical" American housewife who cared only for home and family.

Its odd value, rather, is as a reminder of the stark isolation of many American housewives in the middle of the last century.

An American housewife wins a trip to Paris in a mystery-writing contest.

Michael is married to Hannah, an American housewife and mother.