Engendering Business: Men and Women in the Corporate Office, 1870-1930 (Gender Relations in the American Experience)

Engendering Business: Men and Women in the Corporate Office, 1870-1930 (Gender Relations in the American Experience) by Kwolek-Folland, Angel. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780801859489.

Winner of the Sierra Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians In Engendering Business, Angel Kwolek-Folland challenges the notion that neutral market forces shaped American business, arguing instead for the central importance of gender in the rise of the modern corporation. She presents a detailed view of the gendered development of management and male-female job segmentation, while also examining the role of gender in such areas as architectural space, office clothing, and office workers leisure activities.