Note 262 — Chapter VIII · THE INDUSTRIAL DISADVANTAGES OF DOMESTIC SERVICE
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“Women want the free use of their time evenings and Sundays.”
“If I could bear the confinement I would go into a mill where I could have evenings and Sundays.”
“Sunday in a private family is usually anything but a day of rest to the domestic, for on that day there are usually guests to dinner or tea or both, which means extra work.”
“I wouldn’t mind working Sundays if it wasn’t for the extra work.”
“I suppose the reason why more women choose other work is, they would rather work all day and be done with it, and have evenings for themselves.”
“Some families have dinner at three o’clock Sundays and lunch at eight or nine, and that makes it very hard for girls.”