Minding Her Own Business

Name: Minding Her Own Business
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781742234328
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Colonial businesswomen in Sydney

By Catherine Bishop

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In Minding Her Own Business, Catherine Bishop explores the vibrant world of entrepreneurial women in colonial Australia. The book highlights how businesswomen of the time navigated and thrived despite societal constraints. Offering insight into their diverse enterprises, it provides a fascinating look at women's roles and contributions in a developing economic landscape.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in Australian history, particularly the stories of entrepreneurial women who defied traditional roles. It offers a captivating look into how women navigated the business world in Australia's past, shedding light on their resilience and resourcefulness.

Minding Her Own Business

A history that populates the streets of colonial Sydney with entrepreneurial businesswomen earning their living in a variety of small and sometimes surprising enterprises.

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A history that populates the streets of colonial Sydney with entrepreneurial businesswomen earning their living in a variety of small and sometimes surprising enterprises.

There are few memorials to colonial businesswomen, but if you know where to look you can find many traces of their presence as you wander the streets of Sydney. From milliners and dressmakers to ironmongers and booksellers; from publicans and boarding-house keepers to butchers and taxidermists; from school teachers to ginger-beer manufacturers: these women have been hidden in the historical record but were visible to their contemporaries.

Catherine Bishop brings the stories of these entrepreneurial women to life, with fascinating details of their successes and failures, their determination and wilfulness, their achievements, their tragedies and the occasional juicy scandal. Until now we have imagined colonial women indoors as wives, mothers, domestic servants, or prostitutes. This book sets them firmly out in the open.

Minding Her Own Business - Winner of the Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2016

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Minding Her Own Business by Catherine Bishop explores the overlooked roles and successes of female entrepreneurs throughout history, especially in the Australian context. The work is praised for its detailed research and engaging storytelling, shedding light on women's contributions to business in a male-dominated society. Critics appreciate the book's ability to challenge historical stereotypes and bring attention to largely forgotten stories.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742234328

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2015

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 304

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Catherine Bishop Education & Reference History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Catherine Bishop is a historian with a PhD in Australian history. Born in New Zealand, she lived in the UK before moving to Sydney nearly twenty years ago. Catherine has worked as a math teacher, bookseller, school assistant and is now a historian at Australian Catholic University and the University of Sydney.