This lively book challenges many stereotypes about Victorian women and their families and
offers intriguing new insights into middle-class life in Britain from 1840 through the early …

This article examines the demographic and geographical importance of wealthy middle‐
class women. It argues that in certain towns and cities, notably London, such women were of …

Small businesses were at the heart of the economic growth and social transformation that
characterized the Industrial Revolution in Britain. In towns across north-west England, shops …

Modern historians infrequently acknowledge that women were financial investors before the
twentieth century. Yet a study of nineteenth-century England shows substantial groups of …

There is a growing literature on the history of investment in Britain. However, the role played
by women as investors has been almost wholly ignored. This paper argues that women …

Bringing together the latest research on the neglected area of second-hand exchange and
consumption, this book offers fresh insights into the buying and selling of used goods in …

Introduction gender as a lens through which to view the engagement of women in the urban
economy. Local history societies and lecturers delivering undergraduate modules focusing …

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Female Entrepreneurs in Nineteenth- Century Russia Page 1 Female Entrepreneurs in
NineteenthCentury Russia Galina Ulianova Number 2 Perspectives in Economic and Social …

The class and gender identities created by male politicians are vital to a proper
understanding of how and why parliament increased women's legal rights in the nineteenth …