Minding her own business : colonial businesswomen in Sydney
Catherine Bishop (Author)
"[This book] reveals for the first time that the streets of colonial Sydney were full of entrepreneurial businesswomen, who earned their living in a variery of small and sometimes surprising enterprises. From milliners and dressmakesr to ironmongers and booksellers, from publicans and boarding house keepers to butchers and taxidermists; from schoolteachers to ginger-beer manufacturers: these women were visible to their contemporaries but have been lost to history..."--Back cover
Print Book, English, 2015
NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, N.S.W., 2015