Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vi
4. Illustrations viii
5. Acknowledgements xi
6. Abbreviations xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 The Legal, Financial and Cultural Environment 13
9. 2 Maritime Communities 33
10. 3 Five Investor Ports 52
11. 4 Shipowning Wives, Widows and Spinsters 78
12. 5 Active and Passive Female Shipowners 102
13. 6 Managing Owners 127
14. 7 Port Businesswomen 149
15. 8 Warship Builders 172
16. 9 Merchant Shipbuilders 193
17. 10 Conclusion: ‘A Respectable and Desirable Thing’ 216
18. Appendices
19. Appendix I Relevant Statutes (with brief notes on their significance) 225
20. Appendix II Maritime Occupations from Trade Directories 228
21. Appendix III Statistics on Businesswomen across England 232
22. Appendix IV Registered Shipping in England and Wales, 1871 234
23. Appendix V The Investor Database 237
24. Appendix VI Managing Owners with Multiple Vessels in 1865 241
25. Appendix VII Port Businesswomen 242
26. Appendix VIII Rose Downs Thompson Correspondence 244
27. Appendix IX Selected Correspondence, Mrs Taylor 246
28. Appendix X Penney Agreement 248
29. Bibliography 251
30. Index 267