Matrons and Maids : Regulating Indian Domestic Service in Tucson, 1914-1934 /

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This book recounts the fascinating story of the placing of Native American girls into the homes of white families for domestic service during their summer vacations from boarding schools run by the federal Office of Indian Affairs. It complicates our picture of womens work and the complex involvemen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Haskins, Victoria K. (Victoria Katharine), 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Indians of North America > Employment.
Indian women > Employment.
Household employees.
Economic history.
HISTORY > General.
Indiennes d'Amerique > Travail > Arizona > Tucson > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Filles indiennes d'Amerique > Travail > Arizona > Tucson > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Employes de maison > Arizona > Tucson > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Indians of North America > Employment > Arizona > Tucson > History > 20th century.
Indian women > Employment > Arizona > Tucson > History > 20th century.
Indian girls > Employment > Arizona > Tucson > History > 20th century.
Household employees > Arizona > Tucson > History > 20th century.
Arizona > Tucson.
Tuscon (Ariz.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Tucson (Ariz.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction: The Outing Matrons of Tucson 1
  • 2 "Herein may lie the solution to the servant-girl question-": Gender, Race, and Outing 18
  • 3 "The good an outing matron can do": The Start of Outing in Tucson, 1913-1914 35
  • 4 "Naturally a trouble-maker": Minnie Estabrook, 1914-1915 54
  • 5 "I try to keep the girls from going to the dances": Janette Woodruff, 1915-1929 78
  • 6 "A worthy, industrious people": Libbie Light, 1929-1932 107
  • 7 "Mrs. Taylor calls it 'messenger work'": Gracie Taylor, 1932-1934 134
  • 8 "-For a time, at least": History and the Outing Matrons 157.

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