Capital Intentions: Female Proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920

by Edith Sparks

Late nineteenth-century San Francisco was an ethnically diverse but male-dominated society bustling from a rowdy gold rush, earthquakes, and explosive economic growth. Within this booming marketplace, some women stepped beyond their roles as wives, caregivers, and homemakers to start businesses that combined family concerns with money-making activities. Edith Sparks traces the experiences of these women entrepreneurs, exploring who they were, why...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807857750
• ISBN13: 9780807857755
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"