Matrons and maids : regulating Indian domestic service in Tucson, 1914--1934 / / Victoria K. Haskins

• Autore: Haskins Victoria K (Victoria Katharine), <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Tucson, Ariz., : University of Arizona Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.1/776
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Employment - Arizona - Tucson - History - 20th century; Household employees - Arizona - Tucson - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Tucson (Ariz.) Social conditions 20th century; Tucson (Ariz.) Economic conditions 20th century
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: The Outing Matrons of Tucson -- 2. "Herein may lie the solution to the servant-girl question-": Gender, Race, and Outing -- 3. "The good an outing matron can do": The Start of Outing in Tucson, 1913-1914 -- 4. "Naturally a trouble-maker": Minnie Estabrook, 1914-1915 -- 5. "I try to keep the girls from going to the dances": Janette Woodruff, 1915-1929 -- 6. "A worthy, industrious people": Libbie Light, 1929-1932 -- 7. "Mrs. Taylor calls it 'messenger work'": Gracie Taylor, 1932-1934 -- 8. "-For a time, at least": History and the Outing Matrons -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: From 1914 to 1934 the US government sent Native American girls to work as domestic servants in the homes of white families.Matrons and Maids tells this forgotten history through the eyes of the women who facilitated their placements.During those two decades, "outing matrons" oversaw and managed the employment of young Indian women.
• Titolo autorizzato: Matrons and maids
• ISBN: 0-8165-9940-8; 1-299-19202-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971729703321
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