Article Title

“Greedy Merchants and Idle Women: Economic Crisis and Community in the Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”

Authors

Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal, Pacific Lutheran University

Abstract

As a merchant economy emerged in Missouri River towns in the 1820s, so too did a rhetoric about the roles of women in this changing economy. Rebekah Mergenthal examines the debate about changing gender roles in an evolving market economy.

Recommended Citation

Mergenthal, Rebekah M.K. (2013) "“Greedy Merchants and Idle Women: Economic Crisis and Community in the Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”," The Confluence (2009-2020): Vol. 4: Iss. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/confluence_2009/vol4/iss2/3