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008			250723s2025 nyu ob 001 0 eng
020			_a9781541606074
040			_aRCL
082	0	0	_a305.42 B34E
100	1		_aBateman, Victoria N. _930809
245	1	0	_aEconomica : _bA Global history of women, wealth and power / _cVictoria Bateman.
260			_aLondon: _bHeadline Publisshing Group Limited, _c2025.
300			_aix, 418p. ; 23cm. _billustration.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"How many female entrepreneurs, economic revolutionaries, merchants, and industrialists can you name? You would be forgiven for thinking that, until very recently, there were none at all. But what about Phryne, the richest woman in ancient Athens, who offered to pay to rebuild the walls of Thebes after the city was razed by Alexander the Great? Or what about Priscilla Wakefield, the writer who set up the first English bank for women and children? And, just as important, what about the everyday women who, paid only a pittance, labored for the profit of others? From the most successful women of their day to those who struggled to make ends meet, Economica takes you on a journey that begins in the Stone Age and ends in the twenty-first century, spanning the world's historic centers of prosperity: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Peru, the Indus Valley, the Roman Empire, the Islamic Empire, China, Europe, and the United States. By shining a light on the women whose contributions to the economy have been hidden for far too long, Economica is more than a history of women-it is a more accurate economic history of us all"-- Provided by publisher.
546			_aEnglish
650		0	_aBusinesswomen _930810
650		0	_aWomen employees _930811
650		0	_aWomen
650		0	_aLeadership in women _930812
650		0	_aSuccessful women _930813
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