Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.23.11

2.23.11

yāś cāniṣkāsinyaḥ proṣitā vidhavā nyaṅgāḥ kanyakā vātmānaṃ bibhṛyuḥ tāḥ svadāsībhir anusārya sa-upagrahaṃ karma kārayitavyāḥ //

Those women who do not stir out of their houses (anishkásinyah), those whose husbands are gone abroad, and those who are cripple or girls may, when obliged to work for subsistence, be provided with work (spinning out threads) in due courtesy through the medium of maid-servants (of the weaving establishment.)