Category: United States of America, Black Laundresses

Categories: Culturally Significant Occupations | Laundresses


This category is used for profiles of people of the United States of America who were of African descent and were Laundresses.


  • AFL-CIO. "Atlanta Washerwomen Strike."
  • Greenfeld, Carl. Binghamton Journal of History, Spring 1999. "The Identity of Black Women in the Post-Bellum Period, 1865-1885."
  • Horton, James Oliver and Lois E. Black Bostonians: Family Life and Community Struggle in the Antebellum North. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1979, 1999.
  • Hunter, Tera W. To ‘Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women’s Lives and Labors After the Civil War. Harvard Press, 1997

This category is managed by the US Black Heritage Project in association with the Categorization Project. For assistance with this or related categories ask in G2G making sure to tag your question with both categorization and US Black Heritage.


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Person Profiles (190)

A

abt Dec 1877 Massachusetts, United States
abt Jun 1868 Massachusetts, United States
1892 White Plains, Greene, Georgia, United States - 17 Jul 1924
abt Feb 1855 Tennessee, United States - 29 Jul 1941

B

abt 1855 Pennsylvania, United States - 22 Feb 1923 photo
1871 Utah Territory, United States - 13 Nov 1935
27 Jul 1877 Flat Rock, Saint George, Barbados - 18 Feb 1958
abt Nov 1866 Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States - 26 Apr 1956
abt 1879 Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States
Dec 1869 North Carolina, United States
01 Jun 1840 Virginia, United States photo
1863 Virginia, United States - 07 Dec 1923
1858 Virginia, United States
1870 Kentucky, United States
abt 27 Jan 1836 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States - 13 Jul 1924
02 Oct 1838 Upton, Peters Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States - 06 Jan 1917
1908 New Jersey, United States
abt 1904 Tennessee, United States
10 Feb 1882 Alexandria County, Virginia, United States - 06 Jul 1944

C

abt 1841 New York, United States
abt 1879 Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States - 08 Dec 1926
abt 1855 Tennessee, United States
Jul 1859 Rhode Island, United States - 1910
abt 1875 Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States - 23 Aug 1940
24 Jan 1833 Dunbarton Center, Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States - 02 Apr 1899
abt 1867 Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
abt 1884 North Carolina, United States
23 Jan 1814 New Hampshire, United States - aft 04 Sep 1882
Jun 1863 Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States - 24 Nov 1941 photo
15 Nov 1857 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
abt 1854 Kentucky, United States

D

abt 1864 Ohio, United States
abt Oct 1879 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
10 Mar 1871 Wilson, North Carolina, United States - 03 Apr 1929
1851 Vermont, United States
30 Jun 1857 Cumberland City, Stewart, Tennessee, United States - 03 Feb 1922
abt 1837 Kentucky, United States - 09 Apr 1901
abt 1848 New Hampshire, United States
abt 1852 New Hampshire, United States

E

abt 1829 Rhode Island, United States
abt Nov 1874 Missouri, United States
abt Dec 1848 Washington, North Carolina, United States - 15 Oct 1916
abt Mar 1889 New York, United States

F

Sep 1844 Wilson, North Carolina, United States - 21 May 1920
1889 Kentucky, United States - 19 Apr 1927
abt 1826 North Carolina, United States
abt 1907 Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
01 Dec 1893 Alamance County, North Carolina, United States - 26 Oct 1967

G

Jun 1840 Prince William, Virginia, United States - 28 Oct 1933
abt 1881 Missouri, United States
abt Jan 1864 Kentucky, United States
Dec 1861 Kentucky, United States - 1934
08 Sep 1872 Indiana, United States - 23 Mar 1929
abt 1841 Kentucky, United States
abt 1842 Kentucky, United States
16 Sep 1896 Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States - Dec 1973
1812 Connecticut, United States
09 Mar 1881 Nelson County, Kentucky, United States - 21 Oct 1955
abt Jul 1879 New York, United States
Jan 1882 Virginia, United States
1861 Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States - 06 Jun 1928 photo

H

abt 1856 Tennessee, United States - 28 Oct 1908
abt Dec 1848 United States
abt 1827 Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States - 19 Nov 1901

H cont.

abt 1837 Indiana, United States
1854 North Carolina, United States
1895 Georgia, United States - 29 Mar 1967
abt 1870 Midway, Woodford, Kentucky, United States - 16 Dec 1955
abt 1877 Kentucky, United States - 08 Oct 1955

J

abt 1905 Mississippi, United States
abt 1845 Tennessee, United States
abt 1828 Connecticut, United States - 11 May 1900
abt 1854 Monroe, New York, United States
abt 01 Feb 1865 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 18 Feb 1958 photo
abt 1891 Nova Scotia, Canada
abt 1839 Massachusetts, United States
1862 King and Queen, Virginia, United States - 03 Jun 1918
abt 1884 Alabama, United States - 09 Apr 1968
20 Oct 1923 Georgia, United States
abt Aug 1850 Massachusetts, United States
abt 1846 Massachusetts, United States
abt 1855 North Carolina, United States
abt Oct 1868 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

K

1893 Florida, United States - 1985
02 Dec 1860 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 29 Mar 1905

L

abt Oct 1861 Virginia, United States - 18 Apr 1930
abt 1833 North Carolina, United States - Jan 1903
abt 1887 Kentucky, United States

M

Oct 1860 Alabama, United States - 17 Oct 1913
abt 1884 New York, United States - 30 Dec 1925
abt 1865 Virginia, United States - 02 Jun 1940
23 Dec 1893 South Carolina, United States - 08 Aug 1947
1907 Kentucky, United States - 23 Feb 1959

N

abt 1845 Connecticut, United States
abt May 1840 Virginia, United States photo

O

abt Feb 1863 Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

P

14 Mar 1883 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 14 Jul 1962
abt 1855 Pennsylvania, United States
abt Oct 1867 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
20 Jun 1874 Bartow, Georgia, United States - 03 Jan 1940
abt Jan 1881 Maryland, United States
28 Aug 1874 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

R

abt 1881 Louisiana, United States
abt 1847 Massachusetts, United States
abt 1849 Virginia, United States - 31 May 1913
1853 Missouri, United States - 24 Sep 1912
15 Oct 1889 Tennessee, United States - 20 Mar 1955

S

abt 1841 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 10 Feb 1903
abt 1910 Kentucky, United States - 14 Nov 1981
abt 1867 North Carolina, United States
abt Nov 1887 Graham, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Sep 1872 Virginia, United States
abt 1820 Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
22 Jul 1839 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
08 Jan 1885 Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States - 17 Mar 1925
16 Oct 1847 Ohio, United States - 27 Mar 1925
abt 1846 Maryland, United States
abt 1811 Massachusetts, United States
abt 1862 Randolph County, North Carolina, United States - 14 Jun 1935
abt Feb 1865 Massachusetts, United States
abt 1823 Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
abt 1856 Bath, Steuben, New York, United States

T

1863 California, United States
abt Feb 1869 Kentucky, United States
1874 Wilson, North Carolina, United States - 24 Jul 1946
15 Mar 1875 Georgia, United States - 15 Jan 1957
abt Sep 1844 Virginia, USA - aft 1910

T cont.

1876 North Carolina, United States - 12 Feb 1942

U

abt 1851 Massachusetts, United States - aft 1932
abt 1847 Virginia, United States
1842 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States - 15 Jan 1913
abt Feb 1880 South Carolina, United States
abt 1813 Maryland, United States
abt 1812 Pennsylvania, United States
22 Apr 1835 New York, United States - 22 Feb 1925
abt 1810 Massachusetts, United States - 08 Sep 1877
abt 1810 Kentucky, United States
abt Jun 1858 Pennsylvania, United States
abt 1851 New York, United States
abt 1835 Pennsylvania, United States
1820 England, United Kingdom
abt Mar 1845 Virginia, United States
abt 1837 Delaware, United States
abt 1835 Virginia, United States - 13 May 1863
abt May 1849 Canada
abt 1812 Virginia, United States
abt Feb 1839 New Jersey, United States - 10 Sep 1907 photo
abt 1829 South Carolina, United States
1819 United States - aft 07 Jun 1898
abt 1835 United States photo
abt Feb 1852 Delaware, United States
abt Mar 1871 Tennessee, United States
abt 1875 New York, United States
abt 1813 New York, United States
abt Jun 1848 New York, United States
abt 1835 New York, United States
abt 1801 Maryland, United States - aft 1870
abt 1823 District of Columbia, United States
abt Nov 1856 West Virginia, United States
1820 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
abt 1863 New York, United States
abt 1851 Virginia, United States
abt Apr 1851 Kentucky, United States
abt 1802 Pennsylvania, United States
abt 1858 Kentucky, United States
Jul 1844 District of Columbia, United States - 20 Jan 1889
1820 Missouri, United States - aft 1880
1822 Virginia, United States
abt 1845 Kentucky, United States
abt Jun 1855 New York, United States
abt 1812 Maryland, United States
abt 1857 Pennsylvania, United States

W

1835 Virginia, United States
14 Jun 1859 Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States - 12 Jul 1912
abt 1857 Boyle County, Kentucky, USA - 23 Mar 1936
12 May 1900 Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States - 12 Feb 1958
abt 1875 Kentucky, United States
abt Oct 1841 District of Columbia, United States - 01 Jul 1905
abt Sep 1847 Vermont, United States
12 Jun 1867 Kentucky, United States - 1954
1898 North Carolina, United States
abt Mar 1859 New York, United States - 1920
abt 1870 Houston County, Tennessee, United States - 30 Nov 1916
Apr 1898 Missouri, United States
27 Jan 1844 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 07 Jun 1934 photo
abt Mar 1877 Vermont, United States
03 May 1895 Georgia, United States - 05 Aug 1979
abt 1848 United States
26 Dec 1890 Texas, United States - 14 Aug 1935
06 Sep 1880 Tennessee, United States - 11 Nov 1964




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