La 4e de couverture indique: "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 touc…
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 sh…
Women played an essential role in areas such as banking and the stock market during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Heety Green's golden touch brought her millions, but she outraged critics with her rejection of domesticity. Progressives like Victoria Woodhull…
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 sh…
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 f…
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 sh…