Johanna Ilmakunnas Marjatta Rahikainen Vainio-Korhonen
After four decades of substantial scholarly work, much is now known about women s paid work, their involvement in pecuniary pursuits and their role in the economy in general in the European past. Yet despite this advance, the received image of economically active and career-oriented women in the past still appears slightly unbalanced as much of the research has focused on poor women and women of popular classes who worked because they had to work. This new volume enriches and updates the received image of economically active women in the European past by focussing upon women entering the...
After four decades of substantial scholarly work, much is now known about women s paid work, their involvement in pecuniary pursuits and their role in...