<p>An article from the Vatican published on International Women’s Day says that the washing machine did more to liberate Western women than the right to work outside the home, the right to vote, abotion/birth control laws, etc.
[Vatican:</a> Washing Machine More Liberating Than The Pill](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>Vatican: Washing Machine More Liberating Than The Pill | HuffPost The World Post)</p>
<p>That’s like saying that tractors would have liberated the slaves.</p>