The laundresses of hospitable institutions in the Old Spanish Regime. A case of study

Authors

  • Paula Ermilia Rivasplata Varillas Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University, Lima , Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Lima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24197/ihemc.38.2018.161-186

Keywords:

Laundresses, Wardrobes, hospitals, Old Regime, Female work

Abstract

The washerwomen worked hard and intense, whether in a particular or institutional way. They washed in the rivers or fountains, places allowed or not, often accused by the authorities of dirtying the water, adjoining the cities and persecuted not only for health reasons but moral reasons for their bodies wet and exposed to the eyes. In the Castilian and Indian hospitals, laundresses could be permanent or external workers. In almost all the hospital constitutions are present, being the strongest and youngest women for the hard work that they realized. This article will describe and analyze the case of washerwomen and closets of one Castilian hospital.

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Published

2018-11-26

Issue

No. 38 (2018)

Section

MISCELLANY

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