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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	24 Aug 2009 19:07
	Rutland Belle - I think when we're saying "nurse" now, we're talking about household children's nurse. These were usually very young girls. It would also provide a possible reason for the photo - for the kids to have something to remember her by, maybe if she was getting married or otherwise moving on. Hospital nurses definitely had the big over-the-shoulder aprons, but I can see a domestic children's nurse having a fancy bib for more formal occasions, still being a uniform, as being out of uniform in the household would not be permissible. Children's nurse or parlour/lady's maid in a relatively prosperous household, I'd still say. Glad you like the refs, Andrew. That site does offer a little background.
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