What Diantha Did Contributor(s): Perkins Gilman, Charlotte (Author) |
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ISBN: 1722679387 ISBN-13: 9781722679385 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Comics & Graphic Novels |
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.51 lbs) 166 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This 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. y 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-class and leisure-class women from the burden of conventional domestic chores, Diantha proves to her family and community the benefits of professionalized housekeeping. |