Gendered Stereotypes and Female Entrepreneurship in Southern Europe, 1700-1900

1. Introduction​2. Familiocracy in the Greek business elite class: Endogamy and other cultural traits3. Women and economic input in independent Greece (19th to early 20th centuries)4. Gendered Entrepreneurship and Cottage Industry of the Greek-speaking communities in the Ottoman Balkans5. Women’s path to economic autonomy in Italy6. Rural women’s economic contribution to agricultural work in Southern Europe 7. Female Entrepreneurship and Guilds in Southern Europe8. Gendered prejudices and the economic setting in Romania and Bulgaria9. Conclusions

​Polly Thanailaki holds a Ph.D. in modern history from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, USA. Her previous publications include Gender Inequalities in Rural European Communities During 19th and Early 20th Century (2018, Springer). Her field of research is based on modern history where she mainly focuses on female education and culture, as well as on gender equality in an international perspective.