Maid
A maid, housemaid or, formerly, maidservant is a female employed as a domestic worker. Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, caring for pets, and taking care of children like a nanny.[1][2] In many places in some poor countries, maids often take on the role of a nurse in taking care of the elderly and people with disabilities. Many maids are required by their employers to wear a uniform.[3][4][5]
In June 2011, International Labour Organization has made its Convention No.189 for domestic workers including maids.
Maid Media
La Toilette by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, c. 1890 – c. 1900
A maid cleaning in Denmark in 1912
George Clive and his family with an Indian maid, painted 1765. As she appears to be caring for the child, she may be an aya.
La Grève des bonnes, a 1906 satire about French maids going on strike
References
- ↑ "A day in the life of a servant". National Trust for Scotland. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ↑ "The Maid's Room: Inception, Obsolescence, and Transfiguration". Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ↑ "Cleaning". Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ↑ "Victorian Life Style » Victorian Servants". web.archive.org. 2013-02-20. Archived from the original on 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Higgs, Edward (1983-05-01). "Domestic servants and households in Victorian England". Social History. doi:10.1080/03071028308567561.
