Maids in Service Copyright © University of Dundee Archives, 2008 Select A Story... Agnes Husband Mariote Ker An Anonymous Maidservant Frances Wright Margaret Fenwick Alice Moorhead and Emily Thomson Mary Ann Baxter Williamina Fleming Lila Clunas Margaret Fairlie Rebecca Strong Jean Thomson Mary Alcock Victoria Drummond Katharine Read Florence Horsbrugh Mary Lily Walker Mary Brooksbank Mary Slessor Mary Buick (or Buik) Bella Keyzer Ethel Moorhead Grissell Jaffray Janet Keiller Emma Caird An Anonymous Maidservant | Footstep 3 | 1872 A group of domestic servants came together in a valiant attempt to form a trade union and press for better working conditions. Our heroine was anonymous because if her employer had found her out, she would have been sacked. We mark her struggle in Union Street at the site of the former Thistle Hall, where they met. Previous Story  |  Next Story
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