Collecting memories of women in business

In the news today we often hear of the importance of women in business, but what of times past?

I am currently engaged in a PhD thesis on women who owned and managed their own business in Ireland in the period from 1922–1971. It would be great to hear from anyone who either ran a business themselves in that period, or was related to, or closely connected to a woman who did.

The location, size, scale, nature or sector of the business is not important. Men, as well as women, who have memories of mothers, grannies, aunts or sisters running a business, would be a great source of information too. These memories are very important to our understanding of the social and economic history of Ireland in the formative years of statehood and will complement what we know from the official records.

If you would like to participate in this project, I would be delighted to hear from you. I can be contacted by email at [e-mail] or by letter.

Therese Moylan

Department of Entrepreneurship

IADT

Dun Laoghaire

Co Dublin