I really enjoyed this book.  It takes place long ago, but the ideas in it are timeless.  Our modern society puts men and women on equal footing, but this book tells us that there are some areas in which men and women have differing talents, in general.  But women can be business people, which was rare at the time this takes place.  I loved the characters in this story, and admired their perseverance.  I was a little leery of the title, wondering if it was going to be a lurid story.  It isn't.