Soap suds row
Laundry
États-Unis. Army
Female
Female Participation
Uniforms
Military life
Military participation
États-Unis
United States. Army
Armed Forces
Femmes
Frontier and pioneer life
Miscellanea
Biographies
Women
Social conditions
United States
Biography
History
"Soap Suds Row explores the history of United States Army Laundresses. These women were sanctioned and paid by the United States Army to wash the clothes of the soldiers from 1802-1876. The laundresses received a set wage and also received rations. Their work was hard and conditions were sometimes p…
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