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Reconstructing the role of the household in businesswomen’s networks of support, London 1851-1861
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Until the late nineteenth century the ties between people, familial or otherwise, were the only effectiveagency through which to spread risk. Such risk protection was vital for women in business in London,often engaging in such economic enterprise because other means of support such as suitable paidemployment or marriage were unavailable to them. Responsible for their own survival in terms of bothsocial position and economic well being, the stronger the network of support these women wereconn...
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- Not published
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- Reviewed (other)
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- Language:
- English
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- ora:8773
- Deposit date:
- 2014-07-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Kay, A
- Copyright date:
- 2006
- Notes:
- This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/). Although the work states "Please do not cite without the author’s permission", the author now permits citation of the work. This conference paper draws on the author's doctoral thesis: 'Marry-Stitch-Die or Do Worse? Female self employment and the redundant women in Victorian London.' (Oxford, 2002).
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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