Maid of all work's life was very different to the life of a middle class women. They were responsible for looking

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Maid of all work’s life was very different to the life of a middle class women. They were responsible for looking after the home and family and were paid to work. They were usually younger, had no husband, were widowed, unmarried or their husbands has left them, forcing them to work.

Some also choose to work because their husbands’ wages were too low to support their family.

Much of their work was poorly paid! The only well paid jobs were in factories or offices.

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The homes of the very rich usually had a large number of servants. Less well-off middle class households had a maid of all work, or sometimes a maid of all work and cook!

Maid of all work did all the housework. It was an extremely hard life and it is not surprising that many women preferred factory work to this (domestic service work).

The maid of all work had virtually no social life, as they were always “on - call” at all hours of the day and the evening.

Often their employers could only afford a servant which ...

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