'Accounting for business. Financial management in the eighteenth century' in A Laurence et al (eds), Women and their Money, 1750-1950. Essays on women and finance

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Author(s) Wiskin, Christine
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2009
Pages pp73-85
Publisher Routledge
Place Published Abingdon

Topics:

Name Accounting: internal issues inc costing, pricing, etc
Name Women in business

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Discusses how women in business leaned about money management, considering 'what bookkeeping might have meant'. Examines the accounting policies of three women: Eleanor Coade, 1735-1821; Charlotte Matthews, 1759-1802, financier; Jane Tait, dressmaker in business 1827-28