Free Download Nineteenth Century Businesswomen: A Retrospective Glance at Women Entrepreneurship (Frontiers in Economic History) by Charlotte Le Chapelain
English | July 2, 2024 | ISBN: 3031564103 | 285 pages | MOBI | 4.82 Mb
The book examines female entrepreneurship in the nineteenth century. Economic history has long accorded women entrepreneurs a very minor place, relegating them to the status of historical anecdotes. The hypothesis of women's withdrawal from the business sphere after the eighteenth century has long dominated. However, this view has recently been subject to a fundamental questioning. Women did in fact actively contribute to economic development by occupying key positions in the business sphere as independent workers, investors and entrepreneurs. Businesswomen were no exception in the nineteenth century. They ran businesses of all sizes and in a wide range of industrial sectors.