Her aggressive business dealings, extreme frugality, unconventional appearance, and refusal to behave as society expected a wealthy woman to behave contributed to newspapers giving her the nickname “the Witch of Wall Street.”
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@emory-f8.bsky.socialHer aggressive business dealings, extreme frugality, unconventional appearance, and refusal to behave as society expected a wealthy woman to behave contributed to newspapers giving her the nickname “the Witch of Wall Street.”
@emory-f8.bsky.socialShe independently bought and sold securities, invested in railroads and real estate, issued loans, held mortgages, and managed millions of dollars of her own money.
At the time, Wall Street and American finance were overwhelmingly controlled by men.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialDid you know?
In the Victorian era, one of the richest women in America became known as the “Witch of Wall Street”?
Hetty Green was an extraordinarily successful investor who accumulated a fortune that eventually made her one of the wealthiest people in the United States.
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@marciaclayton.bsky.social💙📚💙 #booksky When Annie's father dies, her mother is left with 7 hungry mouths to feed. Annie, 15, is determined to keep her family from the workhouse. Will she succeed? What lengths will she go to? A gripping Victorian family saga.
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FRAYING SKEINS Book 3 of the Silver Sampler continuing series, about the life and times of Margaret Law-tutor; seamstress; housemaid... and more.
Aberdeen and St. Andrews featuring in Book 3.
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@piespuddings.bsky.socialAs there are blackberries in this recipe for Hedgerow pudding, it’s a good dessert to serve at Michaelmas, which is tomorrow.
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@dsi-vic.bsky.socialThe Round 4 of the #Victorian SSP Program closing 27/11/2026
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@emory-f8.bsky.socialIf respectable female customers couldn't obtain refreshments inside his establishment, he argued, they might have to seek them in public houses or other places considered far less appropriate for respectable women.
That argument didn't secure the license.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialInstead of completing her shopping and returning home, a woman could remain inside the establishment, sit down, eat or drink, socialize, and potentially arrange to meet someone there.
William Whiteley argued that refusing to provide refreshments created its own problem.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialShopping itself was considered a legitimate reason for a woman to be away from home.
A large store could therefore provide a woman with an entirely respectable explanation for being elsewhere for several hours.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialWilliam Whiteley argued that these customers needed somewhere respectable to stop for refreshments during the day.
During the licensing dispute, concern was raised that allowing alcoholic refreshments at the store could turn the establishment into a “place of assignation.”
@emory-f8.bsky.socialDid you know?
In the Victorian era, a department-store owner was denied a license to serve alcoholic refreshments after concerns were raised that women might use his establishment to arrange illicit meetings with men?
The owner's business attracted thousands of customers.
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@bluesidemoon.bsky.socialI’m Getting Good Vibrations: The tale of Victorian doctors prescribing vibrators to cure 'hysteria' - or as we call it today 'horniness'
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