Project Gutenberg 2004-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 129 Barker, C. Hélène 1868 Barker, C. Hélène (Clara Hélène) Barker, C. Helene Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework: Business principles applied to housework Reading ease score: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Stan Goodman, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework: Business Principles Applied to Housework" by C. Hélène Barker is a practical guidebook written in the early 20th century. This work addresses the challenges and inefficiencies associated with domestic labor and argues for the application of business principles to housework. The author's aim is to provide a structured and efficient approach to managing household responsibilities while employing help, which she sees as necessary for the modern household. The book is divided into sections that discuss the current unsatisfactory conditions of domestic labor, propose new business practices to improve household management, and outline specific schedules for domestic work. Barker emphasizes the need for housewives to recognize their role as efficient managers and to treat housework as a professional endeavor, rather than a mere obligation. She details the disadvantages of traditional domestic work compared to industrial employment and advocates for a limited work schedule for household employees, including the observance of legal holidays and fair compensation for overtime work. Ultimately, Barker calls for a transformation in the perception and execution of household labor to enhance efficiency and dignity within this sphere. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Home economics Household employees HD Text Sociology Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 123781 123042 2024-10-06T11:22:52.899045 2023-10-06T11:50:07.923275 text/html text/html 120092 2020-12-18T17:42:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 41658 2020-12-18T17:42:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 149411 2024-10-06T11:23:00.212020 application/epub+zip 149198 2024-10-06T11:22:56.928003 application/epub+zip 105788 2024-10-06T11:22:55.546021 application/epub+zip 404031 2024-10-06T11:23:02.534015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392423 2024-10-06T11:22:59.323990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125756 2022-09-07T14:39:04.542885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112252 112157 2024-10-06T11:22:52.504036 2023-10-06T11:50:07.639282 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 111806 2020-12-18T17:42:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 39418 2020-12-18T17:42:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 111854 2020-12-18T17:42:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39433 2020-12-18T17:42:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21828 2024-10-06T11:23:02.661977 application/rdf+xml 26887 2024-10-06T11:22:56.117288 image/jpeg 4876 2024-10-06T11:22:55.833005 image/jpeg 148610 2024-10-06T11:22:52.911036 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog