What would women do with their lives if they had more time? The fascinating, untold story of a revolutionary campaign to change the value of work. The women of the world declare: We want wages for every dirty toilet, every obscene assault, every painful childbirth, every cup of coffee, and every smile. And if we don't get what we want, we will simply refuse to work! During the 1970s, a network of feminists absorbed their struggles into a single demand: Wages for Housework! Today, it remains a provocative idea and an unfulfilled promise. Here, historian Emily Kalatzi narrates the story of this campaign by exploring the lives and ideas of its key creators, tracing their creative political vision over the last fifty years. From the early 1970s, when Selma James and Mariarosa Dalla Costa began laying the foundations of the campaign in London and Italy, to philosopher Silvia Federici who redefined the campaign during New York City's fiscal crisis. Drawing on new archival research and extensive interviews, Kalatzi takes us deep into the heart of this movement as it spread across Europe, America, Africa, and the Caribbean. For these women, wages were more than a demand for money: they were the starting point for reconstructing the world as we know it, envisioning possible future worlds under capitalism—and beyond it. What would it be like to live in a society that prioritizes care over production? How would this condition change our relationship with the natural world? And what would women do with their lives if they had more time?