Sexism in the city : women stockbrokers in modern Bitain / James Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, James, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women stockbrokers--Great Britain--History.

Women stockbrokers.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Sexism in the City is the first book to trace the history of women stockbrokers in the United Kingdom from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Forgotten pioneers, these businesswomen fought against the odds to establish successful brokerages across the country and, in the process, challenged society’s beliefs about women and money. The book also tells the story of how the nation’s stock exchanges denied them membership for generations, mobilizing increasingly desperate arguments to try to justify their exclusion, until women finally won the right to join the London Stock Exchange in 1973. By spotlighting the lives and careers of women who worked as stockbrokers outside male-monopolized institutions, this book reframes the historical development of finance in several ways. It highlights the extent to which the seemingly gender-neutral institutions and practices of finance were, in fact, based on gendered ideologies and exclusions. It also argues that focusing on institutions only reveals part of the financial ecosystem, meaning that we miss what was happening outside the formal market. And it challenges London-centric interpretations of financial history, asking questions about the financial cultures existing outside the metropolis. If we look beyond the official exchanges—and beyond London—a more diverse financial environment comes into view"-- Oxford Academic.

Before stock exchanges even existed, women were prominent not only as investors, but as intermediaries, managing the investments of others. This book charts their lives and careers from the late nineteenth century through to their admission to the London Stock Exchange in 1973.

Contents:

Introduction: feminism and finance

Devils in petticoats: women and finance in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Being a female stockbroker in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Not in the house? Attitudes to women stockbrokers in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Careers for your daughters: women stockbrokers, 1914–1939

Angels in the house: women stockbrokers and the stock exchanges, 1914–1945

Something in the city: women stockbrokers after 1945

Invading the stock exchange: the road to 1973

Epilogue: forever other?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 11, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Taylor, James, 1976- Sexism in the city

ISBN:

9780191990397

0191990396

9780198879923

0198879911

9780198879916

019887992X

OCLC:

1498797944

Publisher Number:

CIPO000197736

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license