Note 273 — Chapter IX · THE SOCIAL DISADVANTAGES OF DOMESTIC SERVICE
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“I fairly hate the word ‘servant.’”
“I don’t like to be called a ‘menial.’”
“The girls in shops call us ‘livers-out.’”
“No woman likes to be called a ‘hired girl.’”
“American girls don’t like the name ‘servants.’”
“I know many nice girls who would do housework, but they prefer doing almost anything else rather than be called ‘servants.’”
“Some people call us ‘kitchen mechanics.’”
“I don’t know why we should be called ‘servants’ any more than other people.”