housewife vs menial

housewife

noun
  • The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. 

  • A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking. 

  • A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work. 

menial

noun
  • A servant, especially a domestic servant. 

  • A person who has a subservient nature. 

adj
  • Of or relating to unskilled work. 

  • Servile; low; mean. 

  • Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant. 

How often have the words housewife and menial occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )