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Author Buddle, Melanie, 1971-

Title The business of women : marriage, family, and entrepreneurship in British Columbia 1901-51 / Melanie Buddle.

Publication Info. Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Businesswomen in British Columbia -- The marriage of business and women : family status and entrepreneurship in British Columbia -- Careers for women : sex segregation in self-employment -- "They are quick, alert, clear-eyed business girls" : the Business and Professional Women's Clubs of British Columbia -- "You have to think like a man and act like a lady" : gender, class, and businesswomen -- Conclusion : "darkened by family obligations" : reflections on the business of women.
Summary "Buddle offers a unique and important contribution to Canadian history She seeks not only to incorporate women into the history of business but also to reconceptualize business history itself by asking new questions about gender, business, and the family. Business history needs to undergo a gender "revolution." This book will promote such rethinking of the field" "Throughout history, Western women have inhabited a conceptual space divorced from the world of business. But women have always engaged in business. Who were these women, and how were they able to justify their work of those women who embraced British Columbia's frontier ethos in the early twentieth century. In this detailed examination of case studies and quantitative sources, Buddle reveals that, contrary to expectation, the typical businesswoman was not unmarried or particularly rebelious but a woman reconciling her enterpreneurship with her identity as a wife, mother, or widow. This groundbreaking study not only incorporates women into the history of business, it challenges commonly held benefits about women, business and the marriage between the two."--Jacket.
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Subject Businesswomen -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century.
Businesswomen.
British Columbia.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Self-employed women -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century.
Businesswomen -- Family relationships -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century.
Self-employed women.
Self-employed women -- Family relationships -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Employment -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Employment.
Families.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic book.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Buddle, Melanie. Business of women : marriage, family, and entrepreneurship in British Columbia 1901-51. Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010] xi, 208 pages ; 24 cm 9780774818131 (DLC) 10831337 (OCoLC)521753944
ISBN 9780774818155 (e-book)
0774818158 (e-book)
1280777788
9781280777783
9780774818148 (paperback)
9780774818131 (bound)
0774818131 (bound)
077481814X