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Author Kuciel-Frydryszak, Joanna, author.

Title Służce do wszystkiego / Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak.

Publication Info. Warszawa [Poland] : Marginesy, 2018.
© 2018

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  POLISH 640.460 KUC    Check Shelf
Edition Wydanie pierwsze.
Description 416 pages : portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Summary "Przejmujce losy "białych niewolnic", kobiet z najniższego szczebla hierarchii słu y domowej. Tych, k̤trych w przedwojennej Polsce było najwicej. Zatrudniane przez mieszczaDstwo wiejskie dziewczta zaczynały słu majc czsto 15 lat. Nie miały prawa do urlopu i wypoczynku, pracowały od [witu do nocy za grosze. Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak zaglda do ich maleDkich pokoi̤kw w eleganckich kamienicach, przypatruje si, co robi, gdy maj wychodne, obserwuje je przy kuchennej pracy, ws̤płczuje, gdy musz odda swoje czsto nie[lubne dzieci." -- Abridgment of a synopsis from various websites
"The poignant fate of "white slaves," women at the bottom of the domestic servant hierarchy. They were most common in Poland before World War II. Girls employed by rich homeowners in rural areas often started working at the age of 15. They were not entitled to holidays and breaks, they worked from dawn to dusk for pennies. The author investigates their tiny rooms in elegant tenement houses, what they do when they have a day off, how they worked in the kitchen, when they have to give up their often illegitimate children, and so on.
Language In Polish.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references on pages 401-412.
Subject Women household employees -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Women household employees -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women household employees -- Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01734131
Chronological Term 1800-1999
ISBN 9788366140592
8366140598
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