What Diantha Did

By Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Book Id: WPLBN0002953348
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File Size: 180.80 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	What Diantha Did
Author:	Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, What Diantha Did
Historic Publication Date:	1910
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Perkins Gilman, B. C. (1910). What Diantha Did. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Charlotte Perkins Gilman opens a window of history through which we can see a small part of the determined efforts made by women to elevate the circumstances of women in the early 20th century.Diantha Bell is a normal young woman desiring marriage and a home, but also a challenging career in a new territory which raises many eyebrows and sets malicious tongues wagging. Her effort to elevate housework and cooking to a regulated and even scientific business, for the relief of homemakers, is a depiction of the late 19th century movement to promote Domestic Science, or Home Economics, as a means of providing more healthful home life, as well as career paths for women.Diantha's business prospers as she shows her excellent gifts of administration, organization and homemaking. She grows an empire, and brings happiness and wholesomeness to every area of endeavor which she carefully attempts.The improvements in women's opportunities have not been available very long, indeed.This is a good reminder.

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Literature, Fiction, Cookery