Project Gutenberg 2004-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 138 Barker, C. Hélène 1868 Barker, C. Hélène (Clara Hélène) Barker, C. Helene Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework: Business principles applied to housework 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.) Reading ease score: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Home economics Household employees HD Text Sociology Category: How To ... Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 123687 2025-08-06T08:27:04.781519 text/html 98496 2024-10-28T21:08:09 text/html 149471 2025-08-06T08:27:11.365488 application/epub+zip 149173 2025-08-06T08:27:08.511487 application/epub+zip 105764 2025-08-06T08:27:07.145497 application/epub+zip 404107 2025-08-06T08:27:13.414491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392433 2025-08-06T08:27:10.566473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125756 2022-09-07T14:39:04.542885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112122 2025-08-06T08:27:04.483500 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 92063 2024-10-28T21:08:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16484 2025-08-06T08:27:13.540484 application/rdf+xml 26887 2025-08-06T08:27:07.649484 image/jpeg 4876 2025-08-06T08:27:07.397484 image/jpeg 148630 2025-08-06T08:27:04.791536 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog