Domestic worker
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A domestic worker or domestic servant is a person who works within a residence and performs a variety of household services for an individual, from providing cleaning and household maintenance, or coo
Domestic workers in the United States in 1914
Memorial valuing the work of Maria Home, the servant in Warwick Castle (1834)
A Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) Chinese ceramic figurine of a lady's maid in a standard formal pose with hands covered by long sleeve cuffs in the traditional fashion
Cook (1855)
Maid
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A maid, housemaid, or maidservant is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era, domestic service was the second-largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. In de
Domestic worker
…Casual staff - Part-time extra external worker. Chambermaid – A maid whose chief focus is on cleaning and maintaining bedrooms, ensuring fires are lit in fireplaces when needed, and supplying hot water. Charwoman…
Illustration by William Thomas Smedley, 1906
La Toilette by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, c. 1890 – c. 1900
A maid cleaning in Denmark in 1912.
Mexican maid in the early 20th century