Episodes tagged "employment": 1 through 4 of 4
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March, 1794 to 1799
Kent, Rhode Island
Women, African American, Law, Freedom, employment, Female, Freed Slave, LibertyIn 1815, at the very young age of ten, the heroine of our narrative, Elleanor Eldridge, lost her mother. Elleanor's life story was penned in her narrative, Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge. Elleanor was born into a very perculiar set of circumstances. Born in Rhode Island, she was the daughter of a free African-American Man and a female descendent from the Narrahganset tribe. The death of Elleanor’s...
October 2, 1968
Cumberland, North Carolina
african americans, employmentOn October 2, 1968, the North Carolina Good Neighbor Council submitted a survey to Raleigh demonstrating that blacks were being hired for more positions within the state government. That rise came over the previous two years. There were still state agencies that are all white, but those agencies did not include education, health or hospitals. “The study showed that 38 percent of the blacks employed...
December 20, 1933
Wake, North Carolina
African American Women, employment, African-AmericansThe Pender’s grocery advertisement from the Raleigh Observer depicted a wealthy and very happy white family enjoying a lovely Christmas dinner. The family is being served dinner by a maid, that also appeared to be in a good mood in the advertisement. This advertisement was an illustration of the menial work black women had to do in the 1930s. Domestic jobs were usually the most common types of work...
1886 to 1902
ORANGE, Florida
employment, african americansIn 1886 an impressive hotel was built on Lake Osceola called the Seminole Hotel. This hotel was a huge addition to the Winter Park community. It consisted of two hundred rooms and provided plenty of activities to entertain the guests, such as a bowling alley, croquet, tennis, and a billiard room. A bonus of being on the lake was that they were able to offer sailing, rowing, fishing, and two steam yachts....
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