[PW] ? Barefoot and pregnant

[Bye, Dan J]

Van Dalsem's quote is quite specific: "we get her pregnant and keep her barefoot".   

I think that's just a riff on an older version of the phrase along the lines of "pregnant, barefoot and in the kitchen" or "pregnant and barefoot and in the kitchen" or something like that (not always mentioning the kitchen, and not always pregnant and barefoot in that order).  Google Books suggests some printed examples that it dates to the 1950s that you could follow up (bearing in mind Google Books isn't always completely accurate).

Dan

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> Behalf Of Russell Hamilton
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> Subject: [PW] ? Barefoot and pregnant
> 
> Wikipedia says that "The phrase "barefoot and pregnant" was 
> probably coined on August 27, 1963, by Rep. Paul Van Dalsem, 
> an Arkansas state legislator."
>  
> Which seems a little recent - can anyone find an earlier reference?
>  
> Regards
> Russell Hamilton
> Perth, Western Australia