This edition of "What Diantha Did" makes newly available Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first novel, complete with an in-depth introduction. First published serially in Gilman's magazine "The""Forerunner" in 1909-10, the novel tells the story of Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiancE 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. By assigning a cash value to women's "invisible" work, providing a means for the well-being and...