The Changing Genderization of Bookkeeping in the United States, 1870–1930

Charles W. Wootton and Barbara E. Kemmerer

Business History Review, 1996, vol. 70, issue 4, 541-586

Abstract: During the time period from 1870–1930, economic, social, demographic and educational forces interacted with the separation of accounting from bookkeeping. The result of this interaction was the changing genderization of the bookkeeping workforce. This paper suggests that this change process cannot be fully understood until both environmental forces and the emergence of accounting from bookkeeping are considered. Evidence of this interaction comes from Census data as well as historical documents.

Date: 1996
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