McDonald, Isobel - In: Employee Relations 26 (2004) 3, pp. 307-319
In pre‐industrial times women managed, not only the household, but aspects of agricultural work such as the dairy …, milking, butter and cheese‐making, often disposing of any surplus through trade or commerce. In the nineteenth century women … could be found running businesses such as lodging houses and shops. By 1911 women constituted 19 per cent of employers and …