Sparks, Edith.

Capital intentions female proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920 / [electronic resource] : Edith Sparks. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006. - xv, 329 p. : ill., map. - The Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, society, & the state . - Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, society, & the state. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-311) and index.

Female proprietors and the businesses they started -- Why San Francisco women started businesses -- How women started businesses -- What it took to draw customers -- Women as financial managers -- When women went out of business.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
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Businesswomen--History.--California--San Francisco
Women-owned business enterprises--History.--California--San Francisco


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