Curly Brunette Girl Undresses A House Maid Costume On The Bed With Yellow Pillows

A maidservant or in current usage housemaid or maid is a female employed in domestic service.
Description
Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in great houses, today a single maid may be the only domestic worker that upper and even middle-income households can afford, as was historically the case for many households. In the contemporary Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually compromising on periodic cleaners. In less developed nations, very large differences in the income of urban and rural households and between different socio-economic classes, fewer educated women and limited opportunities for working women ensures a labour source for domestic work.