This essay is an archival study on female care work using the group Homesisters in Umeå, Sweden, as an historical example. Homesisters were a group of women that in the 18th century during the time of urbanization in Sweden worked in homes where the housewife became sick or unable to provide the care her home and family needed. Using Yvonne Hirdmans theory of gender systems to understand the recreation of gender and female care through the work that Homesisters provided and the role they played in the households this essay states the duties of Homesisters as one expression of female care.