Sarah Ann Leigh

Sarah Ann Leigh was an American author listed by the Library of Congress as Sarah Ann (Ault) "Mrs. Albert Leigh," 1869-. She is known for Lace Curtain Cleaning (1913), a short instructional work that presents curtain cleaning as a workable home business.

The book is striking for how direct and useful it is: rather than writing in a literary or academic style, Leigh focused on process, practicality, and self-employment. That gives her work a small but interesting place in the history of domestic labor and women’s entrepreneurship.

Very little biographical information appears to be readily confirmed in major open sources beyond her authorship and the 1869 birth year recorded in library catalogs, so this profile keeps to the details that can be verified.