Soledad - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:17:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Soledad - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Single woman with children, husband absent for 3 years. Toledo, 1778 https://historylab.es/single-woman-with-children-husband-absent-for-3-years-toledo-1778/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=single-woman-with-children-husband-absent-for-3-years-toledo-1778 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mujer-sola-con-hijos-marido-ausente-desde-hace-3-anos-toledo-1778/ Woman abandoned by her husband with children in her care

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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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]]> Poor widowed woman living in a room in an inn. Toledo, 1770 https://historylab.es/poor-widowed-woman-living-in-a-room-in-an-inn-toledo-1770/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poor-widowed-woman-living-in-a-room-in-an-inn-toledo-1770 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mujer-viuda-y-pobre-residente-en-un-cuarto-de-un-meson-toledo-1770/ Widowhood and poverty in a woman from Toledo

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]]> María González, aged 67, was a widow and extremely poor. Her situation led her to live with her two grandchildren: Manuel, 20 years old and a low-wage worker at the inn where they live; and Gregorio, 11 years old. Both grandchildren are in her care due to the premature death of their parents. With no help other than charity, her situation brought her no small amount of worry for her and her grandchildren’s future.

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]]> Woman washerwoman with husband absent for 24 years. Toledo, 1778 https://historylab.es/woman-washerwoman-with-husband-absent-for-24-years-toledo-1778/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-washerwoman-with-husband-absent-for-24-years-toledo-1778 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mujer-lavandera-con-marido-ausente-24-anos-toledo-1778/ Loneliness and neglect of a washerwoman for 24 years

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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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