How The Domestic Servants Changed In The 19th Century

The 20th of May 1820 William is employed as a 3rd District constable.8 The police force was predominately ex-convicts. William is on the pay lists of constables employed at Sydney from 27th of December 1822 through to 30th of August 1825. This employment gave him and his family a stable income of £13 11s 8d increasing to £20 11s 8d over the five years he was a constable. Each entry only list a wife and two children which he is entitled payment for.9

Living as a rich man in England, life can get pretty dull. Any hard work or challenge is done by a servant

She lived in inner west as well as Erskinville and St Peters, where she worked mostly in Redfern, which was the centre for Aboriginal politics during 1970’s. She lived with her in laws during her pregnancy in Kempsy on the Northern New South Wales coast. When she went back to Sydney, she recognised that the local hospital was isolated, therefore her husband and daughter returned to Kempsy. Mum Shirl stayed in Sydney where she worked for a short period of time at the local District Hospital. Due to her epilepsy, Mum Shirl was completely precluded from school, which was held by The Erambie Mission Managers wife, who was not professionally qualified for the children at the Mission. Mum Shirl was taking a shelter ‘under The Railway Bridge’ after leaving the Mission. She occasionally attended the St Bridge School, where she attained some education and only learnt alphabets, but unfortunately she could not be taught how to read and write. When Mum Shirl’s daughter Beatrice considered living with her in laws in Kempsy, she thought of seeking employment. It was very hard for her to find permanent employment due to her epilepsy. She was a voluntary worker, where the child welfare department and the police in Newtown relied on her to assist them with Aboriginal community court cases. Because of her support, she was given a small kindness pay. On the other hand, her only source of income was her pension which was

Out of 4 servants there was like 3 that were unskilled guys and they were between the ages 15-25. Women weren’t common because they believed that men had a better chance of doing a better job.

Often while waiting for stable work men would do seasonal work to support their families but once the season was over they would be left struggling to afford basic necessities like food and shelter. Children often were expected to work during times like this and work they did, doing some of the most dangerous and labor intensive jobs in Victorian

1. The affluent that does not work, but is not inclined to do housework. To many a maid/house cleaner is a symbol of wealth, and this idea symbolizes this group of customers.

Source one explains the job that scavengers were given which is cleaning the machines while they were still working. This is very dangerous as if they are not glued to the ground, hair can easily be ripped out their hair. Source two is a quote from a doctor in Manchester during that time. He stated that “they were terrible accidents. Sometimes the children’s hands and arms were caught in the machinery;in many instances the muscles, and the skin is stripped down to the bone, and in

These women were responsible for tending house, bearing and caring for children, and domestic manufacturing. These women worked hard to care for their families and to turn the raw materials their husbands provided into useable goods.

The day-to-day lives of men and women were quite clearly divided during the 1800s. Women were much more restricted in their movements. Most of their work was done in and around the home. Tasks like sewing, spinning, cooking, cleaning, and gardening were all familiar to most working-class women. Marriage and children were also inevitable for most women, as they provided a certain degree of security and social status. In the late 1800s women were treated poorly because they were treated as secondary citizen, woman suffrage and lack of woman voting right with many people opposing any movement about women should have equal right.

Not only were workhouses costly, but the work completed at workhouses produced little income. A 1775 estimate estimated the costs of building and maintaining a workhouse for 600 adults and 100 children to be as much as ₤955, not factoring in the costs of providing for the 700 people. The same estimate placed the cost of clothing a man for one year at ₤1 7s 1d; for a woman, this cost was ₤1 8s 1d. Therefore, a workhouse required approximately ₤5740 annually.

Although I miss my servants a lot but on the other hand house chores aren’t that difficult as they are back home. Washing cloths, cooking, cleaning just a couple of buttons on a machine and bingo, done!

I think it is awesome how people can live with you and be your servants because how can you trust them because you really don't know them . They could steal your hard worked stuff that you bought with your money .That is not fair to you because you worked your tail off to earn that cold hard cash . But if you can trust them and they don't steal your lucky . The sernats dresses were white and black the white was on top and blick in the inside they are really ugly and weird looking. I guess they didn't have a style or anything .Because everything they have is ugly . I would love to be in the past because i hate these crombe books they are retarded and they break and you have a password they had

Referring to the late 1920s and early 1930s, women were seen as the common housewife. This image was depicted across many media platforms. The customary role of women, was to be in charge of running the household. This included polishing, vacuuming, dusting, dishes, laundry and other tasks which needed to be maintained on a weekly or daily basis. It became a full day workload, keeping her constantly busy as if she were employed. It was required for the women of the household to be prepared for anything her husband or family desired. Housework was typically expected to only include maintenance, however, this was not the case. Cooking, cleaning, and overall upkeep was all to be completed by the wife, while the man of the house brought in the money.

A significant aspect of daily life and household management for 18th Century are rooted in a social hierarchy. Within a residence, there are members of the family and hired service staff, which could range in magnitude contingent upon financial means and a physical necessity for proper operation and management. Though men serve significant roles, women and girls execute significant and extensive duties during the day-to-day domestic chores. In homes of humble means, women were to fulfill the expected daily tasks, typically delegated amongst several employed workers in a larger service structure. The status of the family and the position of the job

Linen room supervisor 4. Public area supervisor and so on • Unskilled 1. Room attendants, 2. House persons, 3. Cloakroom attendant • Executive 1.Housekeeper