Soap suds row
Subtitle: the bold lives of Army laundresses, 1802-1876
By: Jennifer J. Lawrence
Publisher: High Plains Press; High Plains Pr
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Glendo, WY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781937147099; 9781937147105
Subjects: Women; History; Biography; Military life; Uniforms; Miscellanea; Laundresses; Social conditions; Female Participation; Frontier and pioneer life; Laundry; Femmes; Histoire; Biographies; Blanchissage; Armed Forces; Military participation; Female; United States. Army; United States; États-Unis. Army; États-Unis
Other titles: Bold lives of Army laundresses, 1802-1876
Description: "Soap Suds Row explores the history of United States Army Laundresses. These women were sanctioned and paid by the United States Army to wash the clothes of the soldiers from 1802-1876. The laundresses received a set wage and also received rations. Their work was hard and conditions were sometimes poor. Often these laundresses were married to enlisted men and they traveled with their various military companies. Soap Suds Row provides historic accounts of laundresses at several forts, both on the Western Frontier and during the Civil War and also describes the job, the culture, and the working conditions."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-147) and index.
Table of contents: title: On Laundress Lane; title: Ladies and lyes : historical perspectives; title: Laundry list : the job; title: Ironing out the wrinkles : benefits; title: Suds row : housing; title: The baby and the bathwater : family life and responsibilities; title: On the side : social life; title: Extra baggage : moving with the troops; title: Dirty laundry : the darker side; title: Out with the wash water : the decline and end; title: Registry of laundresses.