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I’ve found one woman who actually makes the woman focus interesting. She was on that experimental archaeology historical show as well. Different books cover different eras and you get a surprising amount of insight into life from how household chores are set up. What changes (like coal in this case) and oven technology do to reorient society. The first sparks of a textile industry changing everything is something you sort of get in regular history, but the changes between woodcutting to coal for heating and cooking, or washing technologies enabling new types of clothes and hygiene standards is pretty interesting.
If you’re not interested in the book check out the show, it covers both the home and daily work life.