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Ladies of the Ticker: Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression Paperback - 2017
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- Title Ladies of the Ticker: Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression
- Author George Robb
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press
- Date 2017-08
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780252082719 / 0252082710
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Finance - United States - History, Women in finance - United States - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016057350
- Dewey Decimal Code 332.642
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Paperback / softback. New. Long overlooked in histories of finance, women played an essential role in areas such as banking and the stock market during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet their presence sparked ongoing controversy. Hetty Green's golden touch brought her millions, but she outraged critics with her rejection of domesticity. Progressives like Victoria Woodhull, meanwhile, saw financial acumen as more important for women than the vote. George Robb's pioneering study sheds a light on the financial methods, accomplishments, and careers of three generations of women. Plumbing sources from stock brokers' ledgers to media coverage, Robb reveals the many ways women invested their capital while exploring their differing sources of information, approaches to finance, interactions with markets, and levels of expertise. He also rediscovers the forgotten women bankers, brokers, and speculators who blazed new trails--and sparked public outcries over women's…
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ROBB, George: Ladies of the Ticker: Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 2017. First Edition. Softcover, 248 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Women's Studies / American History-Women and Finance. Condition: Like New. A very gently used copy with all pages clean and bright. A unique look and study regarding the emergent and vital role played by women in the development of American finance dating from the Gilded Age up to the aftermath of the Great Depression. An important contribution to women's studies and American economic history. ISBN: 9780252082719
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