Servants and feminism

[Michael Perelman]

Is it worse to hire a poor woman as a servant than to enjoy the commodities
that she would produce as a low wage worker?

I saw an interesting review of a book called Servant in a Box (????) on the
Economic History site (eh.org).  It discussed the creation of Aunt Jemima who
was to be a virtual servant to make your pancakes.  The product was marketed
to flatter women who bought the stuff that they had a servant at their
disposal.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901