Petticoats and Pinstripes: Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History
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This fascinating work presents biographical essays about women from the colonial period to modern times, chronicling the previously untold story of the female financial experience in the United States.
Petticoats and Pinstripes: Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History provides a fascinating chronological account of the contributions of women on Wall Street through profiles of selected individuals that set their achievements in the context of the prevailing times. The book documents how women frequently assumed financial roles as a temporary palliative to the nation's ills, only to be cast aside once conditions improved, and how they were often restrained from financial endeavors by various factors, including American legal, political, economic, and cultural norms. Author Sheri J. Caplan describes the accomplishments of women in the financial world against the backdrop of the general advancement of women's rights and the evolution of gender-based roles in society, and identifies the primary factors in the development of a greater female role in finance: wartime urgency, personal necessity, technological change, and financial education.Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1440802653
ISBN13:9781440802652
Release Date:June 2013
Publisher:Praeger
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.2" x 9.4"
Age Range:7 to 17 years
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