References
Manuscript sources
- MS28410/1 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, General Meetings Minute Book, 1881–1902
- MS28411/3–7 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Council Minute Books, 1889–1919
- MS28413/1 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Applications Committee Minute Book, 1883–97
- MS28416/1–3 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, General Purposes Committee Minute Books, 1883–1914
- MS28420/1–2 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Parliamentary and Law Minute Books, 1891–1928
- MS28438/1–2 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Correspondence and Papers Relating to Legislation for the Accountancy Profession in the United Kingdom, 1891–1946
- MS28459/1–2 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Record Books of Legal Advice, 1880–1943
- MS28467 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Register of Applications for Membership not Acceded to, 1880–1910
- MS28484/1–5 Society of Incorporated Accountants, Council, Executive Committee and Finance Committee Minute Books, 1886–1917
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey:
- BT58/178 (1908–1934) Auditors and Accountants (Code No. 4): Professional Accountants Bill, Registration of Accountants. Proposed legislation: Print of Bill: Report of Committee; miscellaneous protests and enquiries
Parliamentary Committee for Women's Suffrage Archive, John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester:
- PCWS/1/1/1 Executive Committee Minutes
- PCWS/1/1/7 Letter from Mary Harris Smith to Mary Cozens, 1 December 1896
- PCWS/1/2/1 General Committee Minutes
- PCWS/2/1–9 Annual Reports, 1893–1902
Papers of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Women's Library, London:
- M50/4/1/1–2 Employment of Women: Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, 1893 and n.d
- M50/4/19/1–5 Employment of Women: Particular Jobs, Accountancy
Society for Promoting the Training of Women Archive, Girton College Archive, Cambridge:
- Annual Reports of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
- GCIP SPTW 1/1/1 General Committee Minutes, 1860–1901
- GCIP SPTW 1/2/2–3 Managing Committee Minutes, 1879–1902
- GCIP SPTW 1/8/2 Council Minutes, 1918–21
- GCIP SPTW 3/26 Financial Files. Correspondence with L.M. Harris, Accountants, 1922–37
Printed sources
- A historical dictionary of British women. 2003. London: Europa Publications
- The Accountant (various issues)
- Accountants Bill. 1896. A bill to amend the law relating to accountants. 59 Vict, 114. British Parliamentary Papers
- Anderson , G. 1976 . Victorian clerks , Manchester : Manchester University Press .
- Bateson , M. 1895 . Professional women upon their professions , London : Harold Cox .
- Bennett , D. 1990 . Emily Davies and the liberation of women 1830–1921 , London : Andre Deutsch .
- Bridger , A. 2003 . A century of women's employment in clerical occupations: 1850–1950 twith particular reference to the role of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women . PhD diss , University of Gloucestershire
- Bridger , A. and Jordan , E. 2009 . Timely assistance. The work of the Society for Promoting the Training of Women 1859–2009 , London : SPTW .
- The Certified Accountants’ Journal (various issues)
- Chartered Accountants Bill. 1891. A bill entitled an act to amend the law relating to chartered accountants. 54 & 55 Vict, 431. British Parliamentary Papers
- Chartered Accountants Bill. 1892. A bill to amend the law relating to chartered accountants. 55 Vict, 255. British Parliamentary Papers
- Clegg , H. 1889 . The investment record book , London : F. Corse .
- The Common Cause (13 May 1909)
- Coutts , E. 2004 . “ Buss, Frances Mary (1827–1894) ” . In Oxford dictionary of national biography , Oxford University Press . http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37249 (accessed 25 November 2009)
- Curthoys , M. C. 2004 . “ Tennant, Harold John [Jack] (1865–1935) ” . In Oxford dictionary of national biography , Oxford : Oxford University Press . http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/58263 (accessed 15 November 2009)
- Daily Mail & Empire (22 June 1895)
- Daily Mirror (8 October 1894)
- Davies , E. 1910 . Thoughts on some questions relating to women, 1860–1908 , Cambridge : Bowes and Bowes .
- Delamont , S. 1989 . Knowledgeable women. Structuralism and the reproduction of elites , London : Routledge .
- Delamont , S. 2004 . “ Davies, (Sarah) Emily (1830–1921) ” . In Oxford dictionary of national biography , Oxford : Oxford University Press . http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32741 (accessed 22 April 2010)
- Duffin , L. 1978 . “ Prisoners of progress: Women and evolution ” . In The nineteenth century woman. Her cultural and physical world , Edited by: Delamont , S. and Duffin , L. 57 – 91 . London : Croom Helm .
- The Dundee Advertiser (4 May 1909)
- Edwards , J. R. and Walker , S. P. 2007 . Accountants in late nineteenth century Britain: A spatial, demographic and occupational profile . Accounting & Business Research , 37 ( 1 ) : 63 – 89 .
- Edwards , J. R. and Walker , S. P. 2010 . “ Lifestyle, status and occupational differentiation in Victorian accountancy ” . In Accounting, Organizations and Society Vol. 35, 1 , 2 – 22 .
- The Englishwoman's Review (various issues)
- The Englishwoman's Year Book and Directory (various years)
- The Evening Standard (various issues)
- Garrett , A. A. 1961 . History of the Society of Incorporated Accountants 1885–1957 , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
- Gordon , P. and Doughan , D. 2002 . Dictionary of British women's organisations 1825–1960 , London : Woburn Press .
- Hansard. 1909. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1909/jun/23/professional-accountants-bill-hl (accessed 8 July 2009)
- Harris , J. 1993 . Private lives, public spirit: Britain 1870–1914 , Harmondsworth : Penguin Books .
- Hearth and Home (various issues)
- Hirst , F. W. 2004 . “ Cox, Harold (1859–1936) ” . In Oxford dictionary of national biography , Oxford : Oxford University Press . http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32602 (accessed 18 December 2009)
- Hobsbawm , E. 1914 . The age of empire , 1875 London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson .
- Holcombe , L. 1973 . Victorian ladies at work. Middle-class working women in England and Wales 1850–1914 , Newton Abbot : David & Charles .
- Hollis , P. 1987 . Ladies elect. Women in English local government 1865–1914 , Oxford : Clarendon Press .
- Howarth , J. 2004 . “ Fawcett, Dame Millicent Garrett (1847–1929) ” . In Oxford dictionary of national biography , Oxford : Oxford University Press . http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33096 (accessed 16 November 2009)
- Howitt , H. 1966 . The history of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, 1870–1965 , Edited by: Howitt , H. London : Heinemann .
- Hutchinson's woman's who's who. 1934. London: Hutchinson
- The Incorporated Accountants’ Journal (various issues)
- John , A. V. and Eustance , C. 1997 . “ Shared histories-differing identities. Introducing masculinities, male support and women's suffrage ” . In The men's share , Edited by: John , A. V. and Eustance , C. 1 – 37 . London : Routledge .
- Jordan , E. 1998 . ‘The great principle of English fair-play’: Male champions, the English women's movement and the admission of women to the Pharmaceutical Society in 1879 . Women's History Review , 7 ( 3 ) : 381 – 410 .
- Jordan , E. 1999 . The women's movement and women's employment in nineteenth century Britain , London : Routledge .
- Jordan , E. and Bridger , A. 2006 . ‘An unexpected recruit to feminism’: Jessie Boucherett's ‘feminist life’ and the importance of being wealthy . Women's History Review , 15 ( 3 ) : 385 – 412 .
- Kelly , S. 2004 . “ Tennant, Margery Mary Edith Josephina Pia (1869–1946) ” . In Oxford dictionary of national biography , Oxford : Oxford University Press . http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36457 (accessed 15 November 2009)
- King , S. 2004 . ‘We might be trusted’: Female poor law guardians and the development of the new poor law: The case of Bolton, England, 1880–1906 . International Review of Social History , 49 ( 1 ) : 27 – 46 .
- Kirkham , L. M. 1992 . Integrating herstory and history in accountancy . Accounting, Organizations and Society , 17 ( 3/4 ) : 287 – 97 .
- Kirkham , L. M. and Loft , A. 1993 . Gender and the construction of the professional accountant . Accounting, Organizations and Society , 18 ( 6 ) : 507 – 58 .
- The Leeds Mercury (19 October 1994)
- Lehman , C. R. 1992 . ‘Herstory’ in accounting: The first eighty years . Accounting, Organizations and Society , 17 ( 3/4 ) : 261 – 85 .
- Levitt , S. 1993 . From Mrs Bloomer to the Bloomer: The social significance of the nineteenth-century English dress reform movement . Textile History , 24 ( 1 ) : 27 – 37 .
- McKeen , C. A. and Richardson , A. J. 1998 . Education, employment and certification: An oral history of the entry of women into the Canadian accounting profession . Business and Economic History , 27 ( 2 ) : 500 – 21 .
- Murphy , K. 1990 . “ Firsts ” . In The book of British women achievers , London : The Women's Press .
- The Pall Mall Gazette (various issues)
- Pankhurst , E. S. 1931 . The suffragette movement: An intimate account of persons and ideals , London : Longmans, Green and Co .
- Professional Accountants Bill . 1900 . A bill to provide for the better organisation of professional accountants. 63 Vict, 112 . British Parliamentary Papers ,
- Public Accountants Bill . 1893 . A bill to regulate the profession of accountancy, and to provide for the registration and control of persons acting as public accountants. 56 Vict, 65 . British Parliamentary Papers ,
- Public Accountants (No. 2) Bill . 1893 . A bill to amend the law relating to public accountants. 56 Vict, 248 . British Parliamentary Papers ,
- Pugh , M. 2002 . The march of the women , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
- The Queen (13 July 1889)
- Read , W. J. 1909 . Accountancy a close preserve . The Clerk , 18 ( 2 ) n.p
- Reynold's Newspaper (9 October 1989)
- Rosen , A. 1979 . Emily Davies and the women's movement, 1862–1867 . The Journal of British Studies , 19 ( 1 ) : 101 – 21 .
- Rubinstein , D. 1991 . A different world for women. The life of Millicent Garrett Fawcett , Hemel Hempstead : Harvester Wheatsheaf .
- Shackleton , K. 1999 . Gender segregation in Scottish chartered accountancy: The deployment of male concerns about the admission of women, 1900–25 . Accounting, Business & Financial History , 9 ( 1 ) : 135 – 56 .
- Silverstone , R. 1980 . How Mary Harris Smith led the way . Accountancy , 91 : 74 – 5 . May:
- Silverstone , R. and Williams , A. 1979 . Recruitment, training employment and careers of women chartered accountants in England and Wales . Accounting and Business Research 9, Spring: , : 105 – 21 .
- Stacey , N. A.H. 1954 . English accountancy. A study in social and economic history , London : Gee and Company .
- Stenton , M. and Lees , S. 1978 . Who's who of British Members of Parliament, volume II, 1886–1918 , Hassocks : Harvester Press .
- Stephen , B. 1927 . Emily Davies and Girton College , London : Constable .
- The Times (26 November 1920)
- Tosh , J. 1999 . A man's place. Masculinity and the middle-class home in Victorian England , London : Yale University Press .
- Tusan , M. E. 2000 . ‘Not the ordinary Victorian charity’: The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women Archive . History Workshop Journal , 49 : 221 – 30 .
- Van Arsdel , R. T. 1982 . Mrs Florence Fenwick-Miller and The Woman's Signal, 1895–1899 . Victorian Periodicals Review , 15 ( 3 ) : 107 – 18 .
- Vicinus , M. 1985 . Independent women. Work and community for single women 1850–1920 , London : Virago Press .
- Walby , S. 1986 . Patriarchy at work. Patriarchal and capitalist relations in employment , Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press .
- Walker , L. 2004 . “ Charles, Ethel Mary (1871–1962) ” . In Oxford dictionary of national biography , Oxford : Oxford University Press . http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/63129 (accessed 26 November 2009)
- Walker , S. P. 2003 . Identifying the woman behind the ‘railed-in desk’. The proto-feminisation of bookkeeping in Britain . Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal , 16 ( 4 ) : 606 – 39 .
- Walker , S. P. 2011 . Ethel Ayres Purdie: Critical practitioner and suffragist . Critical Perspectives on Accounting , 22 ( 1 ) : 79 – 101 .
- Witz , A. 1990 . Patriarchy and professions: The gendered politics of occupational closure . Sociology , 24 ( 4 ) : 675 – 90 .
- Witz , A. 1992 . Professions and patriarchy , London : Routledge .
- The Woman's Herald (various issues)
- The Woman's Signal (various issues)
- Women's Education (1897)
- Women's Penny Paper (various issues)
- Work and Leisure (various issues)