A dental hygienist and entrepreneur tried to be the 1970s ideal of the 24-hour woman: working full-time, running a side business, and handling all household duties. She could bring home the bacon, but the relentless schedule damaged her health.
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I found a supplemental job. So I was working full-time as a hygienist. I was building this successful business on the side. But I was also like most busy people doing all the cooking, all the shopping, all the laundry, right? All of it. I don't know if you did back in like the late 1970s or early '80s or something like that. There was this commercial for a perfume that depicted the ultimate successful woman. And she came out in 3 different outfits. One was like a business suit, and then she was a housewife with a frying pan, and then she had this sexy ball gown. And she's singing, I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never, never, never let you forget you're a man because I'm a woman. And that tagline, right? Mm-hmm. Anjali, the 8-hour perfume for the 24-hour woman. So I thought I was that woman, right? I can do it all. But what happened was my health was affected.