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Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers: A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters

1903

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers: A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters

Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers: A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

1903

American Literature, Children & Young Adult Reading, Humour, Novels

Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers, published in 1903 by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, follows six schoolgirls who decide to manage a household together during their school break. Led by Bell Winship, the girls embrace the challenges of cooking, cleaning, and budgeting, learning valuable lessons about friendship and responsibility along the way. This juvenile fiction novel highlights themes of independence and the joys of growing up, offering a humorous and heartwarming glimpse into the lives of young women navigating domesticity.

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