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Prudence Person's Scrapbook

An Annotated Digital Edition

Ashley Reed, Jimmy Zhang, Meagan Keziah, Authors

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Hewers of wood and drawers of water

"Joshua 9:23 You Are Now under a Curse: You Will Never Be Released from Service as Woodcutters and Water Carriers for the House of My God."" Joshua 9:23 You Are Now under a Curse: You Will Never Be Released from Service as Woodcutters and Water Carriers for the House of My God." N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.


This comes from Joshua 9:23 and was used in the King James Bible. It is thought to represent the never-ending servitude of the lower social status workers. They must be economically dependent on their employers for an extended period of time. With respect to the context of the article, this reference might suggest that women occupied a position of servitude to men.
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