Reassessing Women’s Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Nineteenth Century: A Review of the Literature

Nineteenth-century businesswomen were almost entirely neglected, the historiography having adopted the hypothesis of the withdrawal of women from the business sphere after the eighteenth century. A growing body of literature is challenging this view, claiming that women did in fact actively contribu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sonia Baijot, Charlotte Le Chapelain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Œconomia 2022-09-01
Series:Œconomia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/13358