Ladies of the ticker : women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression /
Robb, George,
Ladies of the ticker : women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression / George Robb. - 1 online resource (x, 248 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: opportunities and obstacles -- The vortex of speculation: picturing women investors -- Engendering finance: women and Wall Street -- Lambs to be fleeced and petticoated sharks: women and financial fraud -- Turning Wall Street inside out: Victoria Woodhull and the feminist debate on finance -- Call me Madam Ishmael: Hetty Green and the female tycoon -- Epilogue and conclusion.
"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 unsuitability for the predatory rough-and-tumble of market capitalism. Entertaining and vivid with details, Ladies of the Ticker sheds light on the trailblazers who transformed Wall Street into a place for women's work."--
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2017014261
Women in finance--History.--United States
Women capitalists and financiers--History.--United States
Finance--History.--United States
Femmes dans les finances--Histoire.--États-Unis
Femmes capitalistes et financières--Histoire.--États-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Finance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Finance.
Women capitalists and financiers.
Women in finance.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HG181
332.64/27308209041
Ladies of the ticker : women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression / George Robb. - 1 online resource (x, 248 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: opportunities and obstacles -- The vortex of speculation: picturing women investors -- Engendering finance: women and Wall Street -- Lambs to be fleeced and petticoated sharks: women and financial fraud -- Turning Wall Street inside out: Victoria Woodhull and the feminist debate on finance -- Call me Madam Ishmael: Hetty Green and the female tycoon -- Epilogue and conclusion.
"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 unsuitability for the predatory rough-and-tumble of market capitalism. Entertaining and vivid with details, Ladies of the Ticker sheds light on the trailblazers who transformed Wall Street into a place for women's work."--
9780252099748 (E-book) 0252099745 (cloth ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt1wrppd2 JSTOR 53692D3A-F5D6-4BF9-A7E2-AE72E91F3ADE OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2017014261
Women in finance--History.--United States
Women capitalists and financiers--History.--United States
Finance--History.--United States
Femmes dans les finances--Histoire.--États-Unis
Femmes capitalistes et financières--Histoire.--États-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Finance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Finance.
Women capitalists and financiers.
Women in finance.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HG181
332.64/27308209041