Women Working The Maids

Record ID: 126930
  • Title: Women Working The Maids
  • Date: 29th March 1989
  • Summary: THE MAIDS - IN THE 30'S THE ONLY WORK OPEN TO MOST WOMEN WAS DOMESTIC SERVICE. A GOOD CLEAN WELSH GIRL WAS THE BEST SERVANT. THOUSANDS OF 14 YEAR OLD GIRLS LE FT HOME AND TRAVELLED TO LONDON OR LIVERPOOL WHERE THEY DUSTED, SCRUBBED OR WAITED AT TABLE. AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY FACED HUNGER, PHYSICAL ABUSE IF THEY SAID A WORD OUT OF PLACE AND FEAR OF 'THE MASTERS' UNWELCOME ATTENTION. FOR THE MARQUEES OF ANGLESEY GROWING UP SURROUNDED BY SERVANTS WAS 'NATURAL', FOR THE WOMEN WHO SERVED,THERE WAS NO CHOICE. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM: ELIZABETH AGNES JONES, THE MARQUEES OF ANGLESEY, NAN DAVIES LILIAN DOYLE, DOROTHY LEWIS, HILDA WELLER, EVA HORNER.
  • Description:FOUR FILMS LOOKING AT THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF WOMEN'S WORK. NOT THE FEW PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AT THE TOP BUT THE WAY MOST WOMEN WORK - IN THE LOWEST PAID AND LEAST SKILLED JOBS
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:CineContact
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:29/03/1989
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1980s
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