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Examine these Brooklyn newspaper ads from the 1850s, 1860s, 1920s and 1930s to see what role race played when employers were hiring:

WANTED - AN AMERICAN GIRL (NONE other need apply) 14 to 15 years of age to take care of young child. A girl of good disposition and manners, and can come well recommended in all particulars, will have a good home and a fair compensation.

GIRL, white, or light colored; general housework, knowledge cooking; sleep in.

Help - Male and Female: COUPLE, white or light, experienced, cook, houseworker, chauffer, butler; references: $75

WANTED - FOUR GERMANS - THOSE accustomed to working in distileries prefered.

WANTED - A PROTESTANT GIRL wanted for general housework in a small family; liberal wages, light housework, and a good home: she must be very neat and perfectly capable.

WANTED - A SITUATION BY A COLORED MAN as a couchman; good references given.

WANTED - A COLORED MAN WHO can give the best of references, wishes a situation as couchman or waiter.

The Licoln Hospital and Home TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES inthe city of New York offers to young colored women a three years' course of instruction in nursing. Capacity of hospital - 420 beds.