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Farm workers - Andrew the Apostle, Benedict of Nursia, Bernard of Vienne, Eligius, George, [10] Isidore the Farmer, Notburga, Phocas the Gardener, Walstan. Farriers - Eligius, John the Baptist. Field workers - Medard. Firefighters - Eustace, [20] Florian [5] Brazilian firefighters - George.
Look up washerwoman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bronze sculpture by Renoir, 1916. A washerwoman or laundress is a woman who takes in laundry. Both terms are now old-fashioned; equivalent work nowadays is done by a laundry worker in large commercial premises, or a laundrette (laundromat) attendant.
laundresses, laundry workers, washerwomen Not much is known about her, [ 2 ] but she was the daughter of a duke and born into "a privileged life". [ 3 ] She married Huno of Hunnaweyer, a nobleman and aristocrat.
The Laundry Workers Industrial Union was a labor union affiliated with the Communist Party's Trade Union Unity League during the early 1930s. Established in 1931, the union organized laundry workers in New York City, and later became part of the non-Communist Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. The union's membership was primarily African ...
The International Association of Cleaning and Dye House Workers (CDHW) was a labor union representing workers in laundries and the dyeing industry in the United States. The union was founded and chartered by the American Federation of Labor on January 21, 1937. By 1953, it had 20,000 members. The union transferred to the new AFL-CIO in 1955.
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Lisa Malot Gare — whose son is not pictured in this image— sets down clear expectations for her kids to help around the house. Rawpixel/ Getty Images
The Collar Laundry Union was the first all-female labor union in the United States. [1] It was started in Troy, New York by Kate Mullany in 1864. [2] [3] At the time, being a laundress was a difficult job. An almost exclusively female occupation, laundresses worked 12 to 14 hours a day for very low pay in very hot buildings (which led to the ...