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Little secret you weren't taught: Parenting as a concept basically didn't exist before the 1970s. The overwhelming job that we call "parenting" used to be a community effort. (thelemmy.club)
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[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Compared to the conditions in the trains, it wasn't that bad.

Also, the longest distance was about 700 miles, not really cross country.

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/very-special-deliveries

[-] 1dalm@lemmy.today -1 points 1 week ago

In 1913, 700 miles was practically across the country. That was further away than most adults traveled from their birth town in their lives.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Not really. The transcontinental railroad had been around for over fifty years.

Cars were already pretty popular. There were already about 5 million of them out there.

Ocean liners and tourism was available.

The St. Louis Worlds Fair of 1904 got 20 million visitors.

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