@inproceedings{07ea01a86efa42468abfa1dd4a53e62c,
title = "The Account Keeping Work of Women in England 1200-1500",
abstract = "The work of women in accounting in England from 1200 to 1500 has not been fully recognised. There are many reasons for this lack of recognition including unsupported assumptions about male contributions to accounting that have been made by some writers of accounting history and the cultural and social features that have defined women{\textquoteright}s lives in the past. By examining new sources, a new and more inclusive history can be written. This paper uses sources on the education of girls, bequests, and accounting in convents to explore the role of women in account keeping. This research shows that women may have been the main keepers of accounts and were certainly central to account keeping work in estates and large households. The writings of Christine de Pisan in the fifteenth century provide evidence of the type of account keeping work done by women and its religious and practical significance.",
author = "Frances Miley and Andrew Read",
year = "2006",
language = "English",
series = "Accounting Historians Journal",
publisher = "World Congress of Accounting Historians",
pages = "1--13",
editor = "Yannick Lemarchand",
booktitle = "11th World Congress of Accounting Historians",
note = "11th World Congress of Accounting Historians ; Conference date: 01-07-2006",
}