Mujer sola con hijos, marido ausente desde hace 3 años. Toledo, 1778

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The document is a statement by Sebastiana de Torres, 39 years old and a resident of Toledo, on the situation of her family. She declares that her husband, Esteban de Arévalo, a shepherd by trade, has been missing for three years. As a result, since the family’s main breadwinner was missing, Sebastiana had to work in order to support her children. She says that her work as an errand girl earns her 140 reales a year, although 33 reales of this amount goes to pay the rent for the house where they live.

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Mujer lavandera con marido ausente 24 años. Toledo, 1778

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Ana María Delgado, a resident of the parish of San Isidoro de Toledo, declared that she worked as a washerwoman, earning 2 reales a day to support herself. She also said that she was a single woman and that «I have no one to earn them for me». This allusion refers to the absence of her husband, 24 years without him, without knowing his whereabouts or whether he is still alive or dead. Ana María also states that she has to subsist by her own means and that she has a house of her own in which she lives, the rent of which is worth 12 ducats (a method of valuation to refer to the value of the property). This is an example of a single woman seeking her future by working and having a comfortable personal situation.

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Mujer sola con hijos, marido ausente desde hace 3 años. Toledo, 1778

Mujer lavandera con marido ausente 24 años. Toledo, 1778