'She possessed her own fortune': Women investors from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century

Business History

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-253

  Maltby, Josephine ^a   Rutterford, Janette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial investment; Women investors; Women's wealth

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; INVESTMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33645649603     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076790600576818     Document Type: Article

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