“The nineteenth-century defining of the home’s interior as woman’s space had some very practical and positive consequences for home design. Kitchens, for example, were no longer simply basement rooms with open fireplaces. For the first time kitchens were designed taking into account efficiency, sanitary food preparation, and scientific housekeeping...The nineteenth-century breakthrough was the acceptance of the view that kitchens were a specifically designed space.” (154-55)

(Palen, J. John. The Suburbs. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. Print.)