Matrons and maids : regulating Indian domestic service in Tucson, 1914--1934 / Victoria K. Haskins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Employment--Arizona--Tucson--History--20th century.

Indians of North America.

Household employees--Arizona--Tucson--History--20th century.

Household employees.

Tucson (Ariz.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Tucson (Ariz.).

Tucson (Ariz.)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From 1914 to 1934 the US government sent Native American girls to work as domestic servants in the homes of white families.Matrons and Maids tells this forgotten history through the eyes of the women who facilitated their placements.During those two decades, "outing matrons" oversaw and managed the employment of young Indian women.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Introduction: The Outing Matrons of Tucson

2. "Herein may lie the solution to the servant-girl question-": Gender, Race, and Outing

3. "The good an outing matron can do": The Start of Outing in Tucson, 1913-1914

4. "Naturally a trouble-maker": Minnie Estabrook, 1914-1915

5. "I try to keep the girls from going to the dances": Janette Woodruff, 1915-1929

6. "A worthy, industrious people": Libbie Light, 1929-1932

7. "Mrs. Taylor calls it 'messenger work'": Gracie Taylor, 1932-1934

8. "-For a time, at least": History and the Outing Matrons

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8165-9940-8

1-299-19202-5

OCLC:

820124108