Handmaiden

A handmaiden (or handmaid) is a personal maid or female servant, particularly to women of higher rank than the handmaiden herself.^[1] The term is occasionally synonymous with lady-in-waiting.

See also

• Domestic worker
• The Handmaid's Tale, а dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood warning against about a potential religious dictatorship in a fictional Republic of Gilead where women are assigned only reproduction-related roles in society of the future.
  • The Handmaid's Tale (film adaptation of the novel)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (the operatic adaptation of the novel)
• Henchman
• Lady-in-waiting
• Nurse stereotypes

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