Our cousins didn't have the luxury of a washer and dryer. They didn't have laundry soap and bleach. They didn't even have running water much less a hot water heater. The laundry still had to be done. Our cousins took in laundry from the white folks to make some money in addition to doing their own. In the heat of summer or on the coldest winter day, our cousins had a long day of hard work just to have clean clothes on their back and a nickel in their pocket.
