What is Maid?
[[File:Smedley maid illustration 1906.jpg|thumb|Drawing by [[William Thomas Smedley]], 1906]] [[File:Banksy - Sweep at Hoxton.jpg|thumb|[[Banksy]]: ''Sweep at Hoxton'', 2008]] A '''maid''', '''housemaid''' or, formerly, '''maidservant''' is a female employed as a [[domestic worker]]. Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, [[ironing]], washing, [[cleaning]] the house, grocery shopping, caring for [[pet]]s, and taking care of [[children]] like a [[nanny]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A day in the life of a servant|url=https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-servant|access-date=2024-12-10|website=National Trust for Scotland|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Maid's Room: Inception, Obsolescence, and Transfiguration|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378100267|access-date=2024-12-10}}</ref> In many places in some poor [[country|countries]], maids often take on the role of a [[nurse]] in taking care of the elderly and people with [[disability|disabilities]]. Many maids are required by their employers to wear a [[uniform]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-02-20|title=Victorian Life Style » Victorian Servants|url=http://www.victorianlifestyle.org/?cat=14|access-date=2024-12-10|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2013-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220222600/http://www.victorianlifestyle.org/?cat=14|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Higgs|first=Edward|date=1983-05-01|title=Domestic servants and households in Victorian England|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03071028308567561|journal=Social History|language=EN|doi=10.1080/03071028308567561}}</ref> In June 2011, [[International Labour Organization]] has made its Convention No.189 for [[domestic worker]]s including maids. == References == <references /> {{Commons category|Maids}} {{Wiktionary}} {{stub}} [[Category:Personal service occupations]] [[Category:Domestic work]]