What Diantha Did (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781517378998)

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 fianc 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.

Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ISBN-10: 1517378990
ISBN-13: 9781517378998
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/17/2015
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.35d