First published serially in Gilman's magazine the Forerunner in 1909-10, the novel tells the story of Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiancé to start a housecleaning business. A resourceful heroine, Diantha quickly expands her business into an enterprise that includes a maid service, cooked food delivery service, restaurant, and hotel. By assigning a cash value to women's "invisible" work, providing a means for the well-being and moral uplift of working girls, and releasing middle- and leisure-class women from the burden of conventional domestic chores, Diantha proves to her family and community the benefits of professionalized housekeeping.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	August 17, 2017
ISBN13	9781974625826
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	166
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 9 mm · 231 g
Language	English

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