The Duties of a Lady’s Maid
byMost ladies, who can really afford the luxury of a maid, keep one. Sometimes the parlourmaid acts in that capacity, or the head-nurse in…
servants
Upstairs Downstairs in Gilded Age America
byMillionaires of the Gilded Age looked to Europeans–or more specifically, the British–for cues on how to recreate the leisured life in America, copying them…
Domestic Servants in Edwardian England
byI can’t believe I’ve never written a post about servants on this website, but since there are so many other websites and books out…