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Annie Dillard: Domestic Service & Single Motherhood in Harlem

March 31, 2011 Stephen Robertson 5 Comments

Annie Dillard*, an 18 year old native of St Kitts in the British West Indies, was admitted to the New…

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Posted in: Individual, Maps, Photographs Filed under: 1920s, black families, chambermaid, domestic service, employment, single mothers, steam laundries, Wayward Minor, West Indians

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