Hi folks! This episode explores the lives of girls in domestic service, providing what I hope is an interesting basic overview of how the profession has evolved from the Victorian period into today.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W22S9Tir5l0wBrmVlXY_JZkffZ6dLrmYftrEXcNVaZA/edit?usp=sharing

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Good starting points for exploring these topics more deeply:

• Learn about Victorian housemaids: https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/women-and-domestic-service-in-victorian-society/
• Changes in domestic service through the 30s in WW2: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/1939register/domestic-service-in-1939
• Wages for domestic servants: https://www.chatsworth.org/news-media/news-blogs-press-releases/from-servants-to-staff-blog-series/from-servants-to-staff-how-much/
• The state of the modern cleaning industry: https://www.policybee.co.uk/blog/uk-cleaning-industry-statistics
• Modern domestic slavery: https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/domestic-work-and-slavery/

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