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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
Volume 26, 2019 - Issue 4
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What motivates millennials? How intersectionality shapes the working lives of female entrepreneurs in Canada’s fashion industry

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Pages 510-532 | Received 21 Jun 2017, Accepted 12 Sep 2018, Published online: 16 Apr 2019

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