brian: wendy clothing chain? -- when did clothing change?ert: the big revolution clothing with that in 1870, women made their own clothing including that for their daughters. in fact, the typical week of a farm family would involve laundry on monday, hanging the closeout on tuesday, maybe baking on wednesday, and then, sewing and making clothing on thursday and friday. it was only after about 1920 that clothing became reasonable and cheap enough that people became well enough off to have the average woman go out and buy clothes, and i must say, two of the great inventions in the late 19th century, which do not get enough attention, all they certainly do in the book, are the invention of the modern department store, with all of the variety of goods and services, provided at a reasonable price, and the montgomery ward catalogs, which made open the full panoply of american manufacturing to rural households and allowed them to buy things that previously they had to make or do without. brian: what role to the government have, 1870 on in fostering

brian: wendy clothing chain? rt: the big revolution clothing with that in 1870, women made their own clothing including that for their daughters. in fact, the typical week of a farm family would involve laundry on monday, hanging the closeout on tuesday, maybe baking on wednesday, and then, sewing and making clothing on thursday and friday. it was only after about 1920 that clothing became reasonable and cheap enough that people became well enough off to have the average woman go out and buy two of, and i must say, the great inventions in the late 19th century, which do not get enough attention, all they certainly do in the book, are the invention of the modern department store, with all of the variety of goods and services, provided at a reasonable price, and the montgomery ward catalogs, which made open the full panoply of american manufacturing to rural households and allowed them to buy things that previously they had to make or do without. what role to the government have, 1870 on in fostering growth? anert: