I Am a Failure as a Wife

Someone scanned and uploaded this 1939 Tests for Husbands and Wives onto Flickr and it’s been making it’s rounds on the webs. I rated myself, and I had a grand total of 13. (The whole thing is at the link.)

Oddly enough, I gained a merit point for “Has spunk-will defend ideals and religion,” but lost a merit for “being strident.”

All over the tubes, but via.

Tags: 1939 marriage test, marriage, patriarchy, sexism