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Ladies of the Ticker - Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression (Paperback)
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Ladies of the Ticker - Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression (Paperback)
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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 she outraged critics with her rejection of
domesticity. Progressives like Victoria Woodhull, meanwhile, saw
financial acumen as more important for women than the vote. George
Robb's pioneering study explores the financial methods,
accomplishments, and careers of three generations of women.
Plumbing sources from stock brokers' ledgers to media coverage,
Robb reveals the many ways women invested their capital while
exploring their differing sources of information, approaches to
finance, interactions with markets, and levels of expertise. He
also rediscovers the forgotten women bankers, brokers, and
speculators who blazed new trails--and sparked public outcries over
women's unsuitability for the predatory rough-and-tumble of market
capitalism. Entertaining and vivid with details, Ladies of the
Ticker sheds light on the trailblazers who transformed Wall Street
into a place for women's work.
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