Introduction : why study Zimbabwean women entrepreneurs in a globalizing era? -- Shaping the discourse on women and development : theory and history in the study of women and the microenterprise sector -- Crocheters as dynamic innovators and producers of material culture -- "The market sustains...

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Locating Female Business Owners in the Historiography -- Chapter 2: Women and their Businesses -- Chapter 3: Who was the Victorian Businesswoman? -- Chapter 4: The Social Network -- Chapter 5: Life After Death -- Conclusion.