never-endingness

Updated: May 6, 2025

"Discouragement" was the reason she assigned for committing so dreadful a deed, discouragement at the never-ending routine of household labor, and from feeling herself utterly unable to go on with it. This, with care, want of recreation, and long confinement in-doors, had probably caused temporary insanity. The "never-endingness" of woman's work is something to be considered.

Abby Morton Diaz - A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household