Lewis, Susan Ingalls,  1949- <br/><br/>
Unexceptional Women  Female Proprietors in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Albany, New York, 1830-1885 / 
Susan Ingalls Lewis. 
 - 1 online resource (xx, 203 p.) :   ill. ; 
 - Historical perspectives on business enterprise .
 - Historical perspectives on business enterprise series. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-194) and index. 
<br/><br/>Unexceptional women : female proprietors in Albany, 1830-85 -- Female microentrepreneurs : linking stories and statistics -- Doing business : patterns and parameters -- Micronetworks and the family business economy -- Business or labor? : blurred boundaries in the careers of self-employed craftswomen -- "A small but safe business" : gendering success for nineteenth-century female proprietors -- "Doing the best business of any firm or man in the line" : female entrepreneurship in nineteenth-century Albany -- Illicit business : shady tradeswomen in Albany -- Conclusion : incorporating businesswomen into history. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814271629 0814271626 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Entrepreneurship--History--New York (State)--Albany--19th century.<br/>Businesswomen--History--New York (State)--Albany--19th century.<br/>Self-employed women--History--New York (State)--Albany--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD6072.6.U52  / A43 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.09747/4308209034