Women and the Family Economy in the Early Republic
The Case of Elizabeth Meredith
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11675616 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Branson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-47 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Early Republic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-1275 • E-ISSN: 1553-0620 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3124284 |
| OpenAlex | W2329138992 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
These were Elizabeth Meredith's words to her son in 1796. Meredith was then in her middle fifties, and she had been married to her husband, Jonathan, a tanner, for over twenty years. They had five children (three of them still living at home) ranging from early teens to early twenties. Between 1794 and 1797 she wrote letters to her son in France that detailed her contribution to the tannery business, a
Economic history · Economics · Economy · Political science · Sociology · Historical Economic and Social Studies
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |