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I'm almost certain household servants have always been for the rich. I'm curious what makes you think otherwise?

• Turing_Machine 11y ago
  No, middle-class people had servants back then. It wasn't just the rich. The lower class, of course, largely were servants. The industrial revolution opened up other avenues for employment. Edit: see, for example, http://www.bl.uk/victorian-britain/articles/the-victorian-middle-classes http://www.bl.uk/victorian-britain/articles/the-victorian-mi... "A middle class woman was entirely dependent on a supply of domestic servants, ranging from the untrained ‘slavey’ to a staff of several highly trained specialists."