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In the 19th century, the ladies-in-waiting of the Dutch court were headed by the Grootmeesteres (Grand Mistress, equivalent to Mistress of the Robes), of second rank were the Dames du Palais (married ladies-in-waiting), followed by the third rank Hofdames (Court Ladies, equivalent to Maids of Honour). [42] [page needed] [43] [full citation needed]
The term was in use in the United Kingdom from at least the 18th century to the mid-20th century but it is now archaic. The profession is known in most of the Western world. The role was related to the position of lady-in-waiting, which by the 19th century was applied only to the female retainers of female members of the British royal family.
The Woman's Exchange Movement in the United States dates to 1832, with the establishment of the Philadelphia Ladies' Depository. [1] [2] Exchanges are non-profit establishments. In the 19th century they were mainly set up by philanthropic women, providing a setting for women to sell their embroidery, sewing, and fancywork.
Royal marriages to commoners have historically been uncommon, due to traditions of members of royal families, especially high-level ones, only marrying other persons considered to be royalty, sometimes with penalties for royals who married far below their rank, deemed morganatic marriage. Often, alliances could be created between countries or ...
At the Tudor and Stuart courts, the women in attendance included gentlewomen, maids of honour, and chamberers. [10] The gentlewoman in charge of the maids of honour was known as the Mother of the Maids. [11] The term maid of honour is the origin of the American English term maid of honor, usually the best friend of a bride who leads her bridal ...
Silent Sisterhood: Middle Class Women in the Victorian Household. (Carnegie Mellon UP, 1975). DeLamont, Sara, and Lorna Duffin, eds. The Nineteenth-Century Woman: Her Cultural and Physical Worlds (1978). Doughan, David, and Peter Gordon. Dictionary of British Women's Organisations, 1825-1960 (Routledge, 2014). Flanders, Judith.
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In 2022, their dramatised story was brought to the stage in Theatr Clwyd's production of 'Celebrated Virgins: The Story of the Ladies of Llangollen'. Written by Katie Elin Salt and directed by Eleri B.Jones. [26] They are referred to as "a pair of Irish cousins" who ran away to Wales in Learned by Heart (2023) by Emma Donoghue. [27]