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Author Haskins, Victoria K. (Victoria Katharine), 1967-

Title Matrons and maids : regulating Indian domestic service in Tucson, 1914-1934 / Victoria K. Haskins
Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (231 pages)
Contents 1 Introduction: The Outing Matrons of Tucson 1 -- 2 "Herein may lie the solution to the servant-girl question-": Gender, Race, and Outing 18 -- 3 "The good an outing matron can do": The Start of Outing in Tucson, 1913-1914 35 -- 4 "Naturally a trouble-maker": Minnie Estabrook, 1914-1915 54 -- 5 "I try to keep the girls from going to the dances": Janette Woodruff, 1915-1929 78 -- 6 "A worthy, industrious people": Libbie Light, 1929-1932 107 -- 7 "Mrs. Taylor calls it 'messenger work'": Gracie Taylor, 1932-1934 134 -- 8 "-For a time, at least": History and the Outing Matrons 157
Summary This book recounts the fascinating story of the placing of Native American girls into the homes of white families for domestic service during their summer vacations from boarding schools run by the federal Office of Indian Affairs. It complicates our picture of womens work and the complex involvement of white women as agents of colonization
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Household employees -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th century
Indian girls -- Employment -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th century
Indian women -- Employment -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th century
Indians of North America -- Employment -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- General.
Economic history
Household employees
Indian women -- Employment
Indians of North America -- Employment
Social conditions
SUBJECT Tucson (Ariz.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Tuscon (Ariz.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject Arizona -- Tucson
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0816599408
9780816599400