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Another must-see stop is the Rose Cottage, the former home of Adeline Rose, a woman who was born into slavery, yet managed to save enough money from her job as a laundress to construct this house for herself and her children.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
Sophie was working as a laundress at a federal boarding school in Pine Ridge when federal troops massacred some 250 Native people at nearby Wounded Knee in 1890.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Degas is doing his milliners and laundresses and ballet dancers.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Others worked for officers as valets, while some women found roles as cooks and laundresses.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
Sophie was working as a laundress at a federal boarding school in Pine Ridge when federal troops massacred some 250 Native people at nearby Wounded Knee in 1890.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Degas is doing his milliners and laundresses and ballet dancers.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Others worked for officers as valets, while some women found roles as cooks and laundresses.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for laundress
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“Laundress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundress. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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