Minding Her Own Business

"[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.

Year

2015

Language

English

Publisher

NewSouth Publishing

Editions

2

Pages

304

ISBN

9781742234328

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