| Description |
xviii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-247) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Revolutionaries -- The philadelphia ladies -- She-merchants and deputy husbands -- Pioneers -- Tennessee Claflin and Victoria Woodhull -- Hetty Green -- Maggie Walker -- Patriots and bankers -- The women's liberty loan committee -- Women bankers -- Rosie the Wall Streeter -- Mavericks -- Mary Roebling -- Julia Montgomery Walsh -- Muriel Siebert -- Icons -- Elaine Garzarelli -- Abby Joseph Cohen -- Amy Domini -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Leading ladies -- Appendix B: Selected chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Overview: 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. |
| Subject |
Women capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
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Securities industry -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781440802652 hardback alkaline paper |
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1440802653 hardback alkaline paper |
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