The kitchen maid reports to the Head Cook, if there is one.
Her uniform may consist of a blouse and a skirt, and apron.
Margaret Powell worked as a kitchen girl at the age of 15.
Alcester, South Dakota
Alcester is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is in Union County, and 807 people lived there at the 2010 census. Alcester became a city in 1893.
City of Alcester website
Cook (domestic worker)
A cook is a household staff member responsible for food preparation. The term can refer to the head of kitchen staff in a great house or to the cook-housekeeper, a far less prestigious position involving more physical labour.
The cook in an English great house was traditionally female; today's residences may employ a head cook or chef who may be of either gender.
When Margaret Powell had begun as a kitchen girl at the age of 15. she later advanced to become a cook.
Jefferson, South Dakota
Jefferson is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in Union County, and 547 people lived there at the 2010 census. Jefferson became a city in 1895.
Vemdalen
Vemdalen is a locality in Härjedalen Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden. There were 542 people living there in 2010. It is a ski resort.
Funäsdalen
Funäsdalen is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden. In 2010, 890 people lived there.
Bruksvallarna
Bruksvallarna is a minor locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden. In 2010, 95 people lived there.
The place is located at a height at 720 meters above sea level.
Cross-country skiing competition Bruksvallsloppet is held here in November each year.
Division of Fairfax
The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1984 and is named after Ruth Fairfax, founder of the Country Women's Association. It is covers the Sunshine Coast region north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Buderim, Coolum, Eumundi, Kenilworth, Mapleton, Maroochydore, Montville, Nambour, Palmwoods, Peregian Springs, Woombye and Yandina.
In the 2013 election, mining millionaire and leader of the Palmer United Party, Clive Palmer won the seat by 36 votes at the first count. This was reduced to 7 votes after a recount of the distribution of preferences. Because this was less than 100 votes, the Australian Electoral Commission counted all the votes again which gave Palmer a win by 53 votes.
Hanna Grönvall
Johanna Kristina "Hanna" Grönvall (10 December 1879 in Västra Sallerup, Malmöhus County, Sweden – 22 May 1953) was a Swedish politician (social democrat) and trade unionist.
Grönwall worked as a maid from 1900 to 1934. In 1933, she became a member of the committee founded to examine the working conditions of domestics, and in 1934, she became deputy chairman of the trade union for domestics, Stockholms hembiträdesförening. She was the founder of the Central Comitté of Domestics, Hembiträdesföreningarnas centralkommitté, in 1936. Grönwall was a member of the city council of Stockholm Municipality for the social democrats.
Hall boy
The hall boy or hallboy was the lowest ranked male domestic worker on the staff of a great house. Usually a boy or young teenager, his name derived from the fact that his main duties were in the servants' hall, where he may also have slept.
Like his female counterpart, the scullery maid, the hall boy would have been expected to work up to 16 hours per day, seven days per week. His duties were often among the most disagreeable in the house, such as emptying chamber pots for the higher-ranking servants, and (in the absence of a boot boy) cleaning the boots.
A hall boy could rise through the ranks and, if fortunate, eventually become a valet or butler. Arthur Inch, butler technical consultant for the film "Gosford Park", stated in an interview that he began his life in service as a hall boy at the age of 15.
Elisa Lindström
Eva "Elisa" Lindström, born 24 April 1991 in Töreboda, Sweden, is a Swedish singer. She is currently the lead singer for the dansband, Elisa's.
As part of the music group Lali, she participated in Lilla Melodifestivalen in 2005, where their song titled "Du får ta mitt hjärta" (You can take my heart) finished in sixth place overall. The song was co-written by Elisa herself and her sister Alma Lindström.
The band Elisa's was formed in 2009 by Lindström and others from the same musical education program in a school in Skövde. In 2010, Lindström and her danceband Elisa's got national attention competing in the SVT danceband reality competition show "Dansbandskampen" (meaning the battle of the dancebands), where her band qualified to the finals, eventually winning the contest in the final held on 11 December 2010. Elisa Lindström won "Singer of the Year 2011" at the Guldklaven Awards in early 2012.
In 2013, Lindström took part in the choir singing competition show "Körslaget" (meaning Clash of the Choirs) broadcast on TV4, where she led a choir from her hometown of Töreboda. Lindström made it to the 19 October 2013 final where they competed against the other finalist, a choir led by singer Anna Book. Lindström won the final of Körslaget.
In November 2013 it was revealed that Lindström will participate in Melodifestivalen 2014 in hopes of representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She competed in the first heat with the song "Casanova".
Servants' hall
The servants' hall is traditionally a common room for domestic workers in a great house. The term usually refers to the domestic workers' dining room.
If there is no separate sitting room, the Servants' Hall doubles as the place servants may spend their leisure hours and serves as both sitting room and dining room.
Convention on Domestic Workers
The Convention on Domestic Workers, formally the Convention concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers is a convention setting labour standards for domestic workers. It is the 189th ILO convention and was adopted during the 100th session of the International Labour Organization. It entered into force on 5 September 2013.
Seal of Pennsylvania
The Seal of Pennsylvania is the state seal for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Unlike most seals, it has a front and a back.
The front has an image of wheat, a ship and plow. Philadelphia is represented by the ship. The outer ring contains the words "Seal of the State of Pennsylvania" though the state is really a commonwealth. The back has the words "Both Can't Survive".
Seal of Connecticut
The Connecticut State Seal is the seal of the U.S. State of Connecticut. It became that in May of 1784. It has three grapevines and a ribbon inside. The outer edges of the seal say SIGILLUM REIPUBLICÆ CONNECTICUTENSIS (or "Seal of the State of Connecticut").
The first seal was in 1639. It changed between then and 1784.
Seal of Rhode Island
The Seal of the State of Rhode Island is the state seal of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It has a dark blue background. There is a maritime anchor under the word "HOPE". The outer circle says "Seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". The outer circle also has "1636" at the bottom.
The seal was first used before Rhode Island was really a state.
Seal of Delaware
The Great Seal of the State of Delaware is the seal of the U.S. State of Delaware. The seal shows a shield, an ox and sailing ships. On the outer edge it says "Great Seal of the State of Delaware".
The dates 1704, 1776 and 1787 are shown at the bottom of this state seal.
Flag and seal of New Hampshire
The Seal of the State of New Hampshire was first created in 1776. The state flag has the seal in a dark blue background. The seal shows a ship on stocks, with a rising sun in background. The outer ring has the words "Seal of the State of New Hampshire".
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