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Traditionally, the lady's maid was not as high-ranking as a lady's companion, who was a retainer rather than a servant, but the rewards included room and board, travel and somewhat improved social status. In the servants' hall, a lady's maid took precedence akin to that of her mistress.
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.
Horn, Pamela (1990 [1975]) The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant. Stroud: Sutton Publishing ISBN 978-0-7509-0978-5; Maloney, Alison (2011) Life Below Stairs: true lives of Edwardian servants. London: Michael O'Mara ISBN 9781782434351 (pbk. 2015) Musson, Jeremy (2009) Up and Down Stairs: the history of the country house servant.
In the Victorian household, the children's quarters were referred to as the 'nursery', but the name of the responsible servant had largely evolved from 'nurse' to 'nanny'. The Nursery Maid was a general servant within the nursery, and although regularly in the presence of the children, would often have a less direct role in their care.
Many people have been created honorary knights or dames by the British crown.There are also those that have been appointed to two comparable orders, the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour, and those that have had conferred on them the decoration of the Royal Victorian Chain; none of these carries pre-nominal styles.
A handmaiden (nowadays less commonly handmaid or maidservant) is a personal maid or female servant. [1] The term is also used metaphorically for something whose primary role is to serve or assist.) [ 1 ] Depending on culture or historical period, a handmaiden may be of enslaved status or may be simply an employee.
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. In other parts of the world, maids remain common in urban middle-class households.
Along with the junior kitchen-maid, the scullery maid did not eat at the communal servants' dining hall table, but in the kitchen in order to keep an eye on the food that was still cooking. [ 3 ] Duties of the scullery maid included the most physical and demanding tasks in the kitchen [ 1 ] such as cleaning and scouring the floor, stoves, sinks ...