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Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century England, Engagement in the Urban Economy, by Jennifer Aston

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Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century England, Engagement in the Urban Economy, by Jennifer Aston

Language

eng

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century England

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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957683691

Responsibility statement

by Jennifer Aston

Series statement

Springer eBooks.Palgrave Studies in Economic History

Sub title

Engagement in the Urban Economy

Summary

Aston challenges and reshapes the on-going debate concerning social status, economic opportunity, and gender roles in nineteenth-century society. Sources including trade directories, census returns, probate records, newspapers, advertisements, and photographs are analysed and linked to demonstrate conclusively that women in nineteenth-century England were far more prevalent in business than previously acknowledged. Moreover, women were able to establish and expand their businesses far beyond the scope of inter-generational caretakers in sectors of the economy traditionally viewed as unfeminine, and acquire the assets and possessions that were necessary to secure middle-class status. These women serve as a powerful reminder that the middle-class woman's retreat from economic activity during the nineteenth-century, so often accepted as axiomatic, was not the case. In fact, women continued to act as autonomous and independent entrepreneurs, and used business ownership as a platform to participate in the economic, philanthropic, and political public sphere.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Locating Female Business Owners in the Historiography -- Chapter 2: Women and their Businesses -- Chapter 3: Who was the Victorian Businesswoman? -- Chapter 4: The Social Network -- Chapter 5: Life After Death -- Conclusion

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