<ul> <li>This edition includes the following editor&#39;s introduction:<i> </i><i>Sinclair Lewis, a controversial Nobel Laureate in Literature</i></li></ul><br />First published in 1917, &quot;The Job&quot; is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis that is considered one of the first key statements of working women&#39;s rights.<br />There is no doubt that Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and a writer lauded both for his craft and his principles, wrote &ldquo;The Job&rdquo; as a statement of female empowerment, and self-determination over societal expectation.<br />&ldquo;The Job&rdquo; was published before Sinclair Lewis achieved any significant fame and provides insights on working women as well as the unique nature (for the time) of having a woman as the lead character.<br /><br />&ldquo;The Job&rdquo; focuses on the main character, Una Golden, and her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage. The story takes place in the early 1900-1920s and takes Una from a small Pennsylvania town to New York. Forced to work due to family illness, Una shows a talent for the traditional male bastion of commercial real estate and, while valued by her company, she struggles to achieve the same status of her male coworkers.<br />On a parallel track, her quest for traditional romance and love is important but her unique role as a working woman, doing a man&#39;s job, makes it tough to find an appropriate suitor&hellip;