Domestic Work - Notable Domestic Workers

Notable Domestic Workers

See also: Butler#Historically important butlers
  • Abdul Karim (the Munshi), servant of Queen Victoria of Great Britain
  • Céleste Albaret, housekeeper of Marcel Proust
  • Gladys Aylward, maid, afterwards missionary
  • Alice Ayres
  • Sarah Balabagan
  • Fonzworth Bentley
  • Sophie Brzeska, governess and writer
  • Paul Burrell, butler to Diana, Princess of Wales
  • Flor Contemplacion
  • Elizabeth Cotten, singer
  • Hannah Cullwick, maid to A. J. Munby
  • Lisette Denison Forth, maid and philanthropist
  • Caroline Herschel, astronomer (worked as a domestic servant in her father's household until his death)
  • Paul Hogan
  • Dora Lee Jones
  • Margaret Maher, maid to Emily Dickinson
  • Papin sisters
  • Lillian Rogers Parks
  • Rose Porteous
  • Margaret Powell, maid and writer
  • Casimira Rodríguez
  • Margaret Rogers

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