What did people do 100 years ago?

Well, first of all, they were very busy! My grandmother was 11 in 1916, and she told me once that even though they had a maid they were constantly doing stuff - - cooking from scratch, sewing, putting up preserves. Automobiles were just becoming known, so many would have had horses to watch out for - - and many more people still worked on the farm. Hours in industrial employment were long, and the work week was six days rather than five.