1923 Statisticians Agree: Driving Keeps Us Sane

From the Albuquerque Journal of January 22, 1923 comes this advertisement promoting the “Sixth Annual Auto Show.”

In short: Driving keeps farmers’ wives sane and enables tuberculosis sufferers to work full-time.

2 thoughts on “1923 Statisticians Agree: Driving Keeps Us Sane”

  2. “The degree of insanity among farmers’ wives was greater than any other single class” … eventually superseded by housewives confined to suburbs created by the automobile.

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