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...Bashful charwomen hid their worn shoes beneath modest skirts, balanced frail teacups on large red hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: The Chancellor Teas | 12/27/1926 | See Source »

Improved conditions for charwomen and barmaids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Mar. 31, 1924 | 3/31/1924 | See Source »

...statue of woman with arms outstretched to little children. It bears the inscription: 'Placed here in memory of Margaret Ethel MacDonald, who spent her life in helping others.' She was my wife who died in 1911, leaving me five children. The 'others' refers to charwomen and barmaids, whose working conditions my wife delighted to improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Mar. 31, 1924 | 3/31/1924 | See Source »

...Author. Born in St. Louis in 1889, Miss Hurst received a B. A. degree from Washington University 20 years later. Now she enjoys Manhattan and has a scatter-brained puppy to amuse her. She says that she has sympathy for "the shoulders of charwomen as they scrub at night and the silhouettes of figures who sleep on wharves." She has tried the stage, and has worked in a Childs

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lummox | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

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