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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. 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. [1]
Articles about women who worked as maids, female domestic workers. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. [1] In developed Western nations, full-time maids are now only found in the wealthiest households.
Spinster or old maid is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry. It can also indicate that a woman is considered unlikely to ever marry. [ 1 ]
Lars Larsen resided on the first floor with four unmarried children (aged 20 to 27), his sister-in-law Axilia Ursin, a housekeeper, three male servants and three maids. [ 4 ] John Wilhelm Cornts Krüger, a captain and kammerjunker , resided on the ground floor with his wife Ane Sophie Raivert, their three sons (aged seven to 20), one male ...
Old maid: An older never married lady.(see "spinster" below) Olderly : Newfoundland slang term for "elderly"; can be offensive or neutral depending on the context. [ 30 ]
In 1953, Lady Moyra was one of six well-born young ladies selected as maids of honour at the coronation of Elizabeth II. [4] Her duties included carrying the queen's train during the procession. The maids of honour all wore matching gowns by Norman Hartnell. [5] From 1954 to 1964 she was a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra.
The Old Maid and the Thief, a 1937 opera by Gian Carlo Menotti "Old Maid Boogie", a 1947 R&B song by Eddie Vinson; Old maid's bonnets (Lupinus perennis), a flowering plant species in the family Fabaceae; Old maid's insanity or erotomania; Old maid's nightcap (Geranium maculatum), a flowering plant species in the family Geraniaceae
Peder Johannes Heide, a game and fruit merchant, resided in the building with his wife Anne Margrethe Sørensdatter, their five children (aged two to 12), three lodgers and one maid. [9] Johan Philip Bistrup, a baker, resided in the building with his wife Jacobine Lovise Hein and their two daughters (aged 18 and 21). [10]