I've known Tania for more than 25 years. She is the only woman I've met in my entire life who is an active vacuum collector. The late Ruth Hollander was in the vacuum cleaner business and sold thousands of Compacts and Filter Queens, but she didn't collect them and hated to use them. When I was 12 or so, I would go to her store on Saturdays to help her with the (very easy) repairs of those two brands and also I've vacuum her store (with a Filter Queen) because she didn't like vacuuming. She was a brilliant cook.
Perhaps because historically women were 'expected' to clean the house. While many women prized the early models because there were such a tremendous help with a difficult chore, I've never met any women who see vacuums as anything other than a tool, like a mop, that you clean house with.
