Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange
By: Sybil Downing.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: [Women of the West]; Women of the West novel.
Publisher: Forge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Stock exchanges -- Fiction; Women stockbrokers -- Fiction; Gold mines and mining -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Sybil Downing's Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange follows the success of the first two Women of the West novels, a groundbreaking series that explores the actual lives of women who opened the frontiers of the American West. This captivating new novel unfolds the drama behind a little-known but historic event that begins when three women set up their own stock exchange, choosing to defy tradition in order to assert their claim to wealth and independence.

Meg Kendall, a young college graduate, unites with Tess Wallace, an ex-whore, and Verna Bates, aging, unmarried, and forever pestered by a profligate brother. Together the three women challenge the assumptions of the male-dominated world around them. Their fire and spirit become a rallying point for all the women of Goldfield, as they leave their mark on the history of the last heady days of the Gold Rush era.
Notes: Series statement taken from book jacket.
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."