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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Many women worked as domestic servants, charwomen, laundresses, and dressmakers. 167 In 1888, under the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… sweeps, dressmakers, milliners, doctors, nurses, and laundresses. 484 The first shops were around Street Cross, …
Survey of London
… a breadth of 90 ft, in which the residents worked as laundresses (Ill. 499). Up to sixty were admitted at a time, …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1601-3
… university by bailiwick, receiving little or no rent, as laundresses performing little or no service, and as retainers …