What Diantha Did
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- Publication date
- 2009-03-23
- Usage
- Public Domain
- Topics
- librivox, audiobook, fiction, careers, domestic science
- Language
- English
LibriVox recording of What Diantha Did by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Recording by Betsie Bush.
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. (Summary by Brenda Price)
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
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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. (Summary by Brenda Price)
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
M4B audio book (173mb)
- Addeddate
- 2009-03-20 23:16:18
- Boxid
- OL100020109
- Call number
- 2936
- External-identifier
- urn:storj:bucket:jvrrslrv7u4ubxymktudgzt3hnpq:diantha_0903_librivox
- External_metadata_update
- 2019-04-17T06:55:34Z
- Identifier
- diantha_0903_librivox
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- Ocr_autonomous
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- Ocr_detected_lang
- en
- Ocr_detected_lang_conf
- 1.0000
- Ocr_detected_script
- Latin
- Ocr_detected_script_conf
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- Ocr_module_version
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- Ocr_parameters
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- Ppi
- 600
- Run time
- 6:16:32
- Taped by
- LibriVox
- Year
- 2009
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