Boardinghouses, food preparation, sewing, and laundry were highly profitable businesses often run by women (married, single, or widowed) who realized men would pay well for a service done by a woman.
Pensionater, madlavning, syning og vask var særdeles profitable erhverv, som ofte blev drevet af kvinder (gifte, enlige eller enker), som erkendte, at mænd ville betale godt for tjenesteydelser udført af kvinder.