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It's just before dawn on a Saturday in summer 1906, and 16-year-old Alice Sutton’s mind is already spinning— tonight’s plans could cost her her job.
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It's just before dawn on a Saturday in summer 1906, and 16-year-old Alice Sutton’s mind is already spinning— tonight’s plans could cost her her job.
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But for now, there's work to do.
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Alice gets ready slowly, thinking about how her life has changed.
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Only a week ago, she was the lone servant in a modest home.
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Now she’s an under-housemaid at Wroxton Abbey in Oxfordshire, England, the grand estate of Sir John and Lady Ann Ashby-Blythe.
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As one of the lower-ranking indoor servants, she reports to the housemaids and, ultimately, the housekeeper, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Her responsibilities include scrubbing floors, sweeping fireplaces, and other cleaning tasks.
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She’s one of over a million women in domestic service in England— making up almost 30% of the female workforce.
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All but the poorest households have at least one servant, while estates like Wroxton employ dozens.
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She waits for Roberta, her nosy roommate, to leave.
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When all’s clear, Alice slips a stick of chalk into her pocket.
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A buzz of excitement fills the kitchen as everyone discusses tonight’s guest: Prince Arthur, the king’s brother.
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Tonight is Alice’s chance to prove herself to her new employers.
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As she finishes her breakfast, Alice watches as a kitchen maid carefully stirs eggs, ensuring the yolks stay perfectly centered.
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Like many of the tasks servants perform, it requires painstaking precision.
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And Alice thinks it’s the sort of pointless demand only someone who has never had to do it could dream up.
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Alice and another under-housemaid, Louisa, head to Sir John and Lady Ann’s rooms to perform their morning chores: filling the water basins, opening the curtains, and carrying out the chamber pots.
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The two girls had become fast friends after meeting months ago at a gathering of the Women’s Social and Political Union.
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Since 1869, British women who owned property had been allowed to vote in local elections— but not in parliamentary ones.
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Many hoped the Liberal Party, back in power since December, would expand voting rights for all women, but they kept deferring the issue.
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This included Alice’s employer, Sir John, who, while a critic of Britain’s imperial project, had yet to voice an opinion on women's suffrage.
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But now, women of all classes were demanding deeds, not words, from the government— chaining themselves to railings, smashing windows, and defacing churches.
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Alice and Louisa hadn't gone that far.
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Not yet. Alice's afternoon is spent in the downstairs entryway, washing each tile in the grand mosaic with milk so it would gleam in the candlelight as the guests arrived.
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As the dinner hour nears, she guides footmen carrying intricately carved butter sculptures to the dining room, and notices Roberta pulling Luisa aside.
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Alice lingers, trying to listen in on their conversation, but Mrs. Fletcher admonishes her for dawdling.
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By the time Prince Arthur's motorcar finally arrives, Alice has spent over 12 hours on her feet.
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As the dinner bell rings out, she realizes it's now or never.
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She and Louisa slip out and run to the nearby church.
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Alice scrawls “Votes For Women” across the wall while Louisa strews pamphlets about.
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Suddenly, Roberta emerges from the shadows.
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Before Alice can stammer an excuse, Roberta hurls a rock at one of the windows.
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The three girls stand back and smile, imagining Sir John and the prince’s reactions when they arrive for church the next morning.
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With the prince there, the act might even make the newspapers.
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They rush back to the Abbey, arriving just in time to help clean up after dinner.
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Alice heads to bed, exhilarated and exhausted, unaware of how much would change in the years to come.
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From 1914, the First World War fundamentally altered the rhythms of domestic life.
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Working-class women like Alice took on roles in factories, offices, and civil service.
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Many never returned to domestic work.
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In 1918, some women over 30 were finally allowed to vote in parliamentary elections.
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But another decade would pass before all women could vote on equal terms with men.
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By the mid-20th century, rising taxes, falling agricultural income, and a shrinking workforce led many grand estates to be sold off— relics of a system whose grandeur depended on deep inequalities and the invisibility of the laborers who sustained it.
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- Chamber pot - 변기
- Suffrage - 투표권
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- Buzz of excitement - 흥분의 소음
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