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.
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kiadó
Booklassic -
közzététel
2020-05-09
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hossz
111 oldal
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műfaj
Novella, kisregény, elbeszélés -
nyelv
angol
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ISBN
9789635241347

