10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASHWOMEN»
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washwomen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
washwomen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
Our literary washwomen, what are they doing to make clean, to free from soil? Do
we need to mention the great army of women whose pens voice the thoughts of
warm hearts and quick brains for the betterment of less fortunate sisters, and ...
2
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine
Our literary washwomen, what are they doing to make clean, to free from soil? Do
we need to mention the great army of women whose pens voice the thoughts of
warm hearts and quick brains for the betterment of less fortunate sisters, and ...
3
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
Our literary washwomen, what are they doing to make clean, to free from soil? Do
we need to mention the great army of women whose pens voice the thoughts of
warm hearts and quick brains for the betterment of less fortunate sisters, and ...
4
The African-American Family in Slavery and Emancipation
Perhaps the most vulnerable of this category were the households headed by
women who worked overwhelmingly as washwomen, prostitutes, or
seamstresses. For example, washwomen headed more than half the free black
households in ...
5
The Bahamas in American History
In 1861, wages soared overthe previous year: ship carpenters earned 7 shillings
per day; stevedores and longshoremen, 5shillings; watchmen,2 shillings
and6pence; masons andplasterers, 5shillings; and draydrivers, washwomen, and
...
6
Beyond Hill and Hollow: Original Readings in Appalachian ...
It is not clear whether women took in washing or went to another's house to work,
but the large number of washwomen who headed households suggests that the
job offered more flexibility than did live-in domestic work.The directory ...
Elizabeth Sanders Delwiche Engelhardt, 2005
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Immortal Captives: The Story of 600 Confederate Officers and ...
The clothes were washed in the main ditch, within a few feet of "cajtHe^ the sink,
which was so filthy that the clothes never could look clean, Dickinson but our "
washwomen" by ironing, improved the general appear- 2nd Va. Cav. ance very ...
In Philippson's History of the Prussian State (Geschichte des Preussischen
Staatswesens), 2:176, one reads that the Prussian army under Frederick the
Great, in 1776, took precisely 32,705 washwomen along into the field. The author
does ...
Hans Delbruck, Hans Delbr_ck, 1990
9
Nine Months is a Year at Baboquivari School
They'll only be somebody's washwomen and ditchdiggers." And I had answered
her, "Well, let them be washwomen and ditchdiggers who love literature and
good music and have trained imaginations to make them feel compassion for
other ...
10
Annual Report of the Central Board of the Benevolent ...
12 Washwomen, 26 Servants in families, 10 Seamstresses, 10 Girls in printing
offices, 3 Nurses, 5 Women doing slop work, 33 Widows, 10 Colored persons, 4
Watchmen, &c, &c. Mr. Gray says, that " he is intimately acquainted with these ...
Benevolent Fraternity of Churches (Boston, Mass.), 1835
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASHWOMEN»
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washwomen is used in the context of the following news items.
At PMA, a dazzling collection starring icons of Modernism
My favorites include Cezanne's drawing of his wife; Giacometti's painting “Annette” (I like his paintings even more than his sculpture); Gauguin's “Washwomen,” ... «Press Herald, May 13»
'G Book': New chapter in old tradition at UGA
"Washwomen will be on the campus the first of each week to take your soiled clothes. There is one steam laundry and several Chinese laundries in the city," ... «Online Athens, Sep 09»
Little Hedge Fund on the Prairie
A kimono dress by Derek Lam evoked the washwomen of feudal Japanese warlords ($1,390). A tiny Prada jacket in wadded leather with an elastic waistband is ... «New York Times, Apr 08»
