A washerwoman or laundress is a woman who takes in laundry. The penniless Rani Durga eventually becomes a washerwoman. Andersen's mother, Anne Marie Andersdatter, was an illiterate washerwoman. His parents played a "washerwoman" and a "comic cobbler". The African washerwoman at the Afric Queen, a tavern where many British officers are quartered. His mother was a washerwoman and his father a car painter who suffered from alcoholism. His father was a housepainter and his mother a washerwoman. Stefan Bodek is the son of a poor washerwoman. In 1817, he produced a daughter by half-Cree washerwoman Betsy Sinclair. His mother supplemented the family's income as a washerwoman. Polly Johnson worked as a washerwoman and became the sole support of her family. The story revolves around a washerwoman and her unemployed, insecure husband. His mother, a washerwoman, died of cancer when he was 12. The melody of the traditional Irish jig "The Irish Washerwoman" is repeated throughout the short. The father soon married the washerwoman Wilhelmine Bahro.