3 DAUDET: today's work

 

She says “of the South” because she was born there, in Louisiana where segregation was present after the Civil War.

She says “cotton fields” because her parents were former slaves who worked in cotton fields.

She says “I was promoted to the washtub” because first she worked as a washerwoman.

She says “I was promoted to the cook kitchen” because next she worked as a house servant.