Hir olde povre fader fostred shee.
A fewe sheep, spynnynge, on feeld she kepte;
She wolde noght been ydel til she slepte.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. The hardworking Griselda takes her duties to family seriously. She cares for her poor and elderly father, keeping sheep, spinning and never idle until she goes to sleep. The epitome of virtue.