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Gendered enterprise: Women and Australian business history

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  • Claire E. F. Wright

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This special issue examines women and Australian business history. Contributions explore women's entrepreneurship in small urban businesses, side hustles, agriculture, and family companies. Articles highlight the importance of women's businesses, as a financial necessity for women, their families, and their communities. Authors examine the barriers for women in business, including legislation, licensing, societal expectations, and discrimination. Articles also explore women's intersections with other demographic characteristics, with access to enterprise mediated by class and the rural–urban divide. Finally, contributions examine the way traditional archives have obscured histories of businesswomen, and the opportunities offered by feminist historical methodologies for studying business history.

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  • Claire E. F. Wright, 2024. "Gendered enterprise: Women and Australian business history," Asia-Pacific Economic History Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(3), pages 281-290, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:apechr:v:64:y:2024:i:3:p:281-290
    DOI: 10.1111/aehr.12303
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