| Author |
Robb, George, author.
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| Title |
Ladies of the ticker : women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression / George Robb. |
| Publication Info. |
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
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| Description |
x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Content Type |
text |
| Media Type |
unmediated |
| Carrier Type |
volume |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 feminist debate on finance -- Call me Madam Ishmael: Hetty Green and the female tycoon -- Epilogue and conclusion. |
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