Ladies of the ticker
women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression
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Word Count
62,000 words, Guess
Page Count
248 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100252082710
- ISBN-100252041178
- ISBN-139780252082719
- ISBN-139780252041174
- Library of Congress Control Number2016057350
and 5 more
- OCLC Control Number978712687
- Better World Books9780252082719
- Better World Books9780252041174
- Better World BooksP8-CUX-563
- Open LibraryOL26964802M
Classifications
- DDC332.64/27308209041
- LCCHG181 .R575 2017
- LCCHG181.R575 2017
Description
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 explores 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 unsuitability for the predatory rough-and-tumble of market capitalism. --
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- Ladies of the ticker: women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression
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