water & women works

Water& Women works

Washerwomen, fishmongers and fisherwomen

OF ALL TIME IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND

PAINTING IN

Before that the conduct of the aqueducts bring water to homes and before the

invention of the washing machine, two trades that fell among the many "cures" of the

woman, were:

The Carrying Water

to bring the water to the home, once the domestic needs of the whole family, from

hygiene to nutrition and physical cleaning of the house

for washing clothes in the river,

on the banks of lakes, canals,

on the sea shore and,

in cases already more advanced,

at the tanks of common use.

Washerwomen

Similarly among the most traditional activities

related to water,

two female figures include:

The fishmonger,

AND EVEN THE FISHERWOMAN

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