Petticoats and pinstripes
Subtitle: portraits of women in Wall Street's history
By: Sheri J. Caplan
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781440802652; 9781440802669
Subjects: Finanzwirtschaft; Kreditwesen; Women capitalists and financiers; Securities industry; Frau; Geschlechterbeziehung; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-247) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Abbreviations; title: Revolutionaries; title: The philadelphia ladies; title: She-merchants and deputy husbands; title: Pioneers; title: Tennessee Claflin and Victoria Woodhull; title: Hetty Green; title: Maggie Walker; title: Patriots and bankers; title: The women's liberty loan committee; title: Women bankers; title: Rosie the Wall Streeter; title: Mavericks; title: Mary Roebling; title: Julia Montgomery Walsh; title: Muriel Siebert; title: Icons; title: Elaine Garzarelli; title: Abby Joseph Cohen; title: Amy Domini; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A: Leading ladies; title: Appendix B: Selected chronology; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.