Dr Victoria Bateman
@vnbateman
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Author of #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. Resident economic historian @BBCRadio4 #UnderstandTheEconomy. Fellow @RoyalHistSoc
Cambridge, Kent and London, UK
Joined September 2015
Excited to announce that my new book #ECONOMICA: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power will be out on 28 August @HeadlinePress1 @headlinepg @HachetteUK. Preorder at to find out how women have been at the heart of the economy from the Stone Age to today
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Hot off the press! My new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power @HeadlinePress1 @headlinepg is ready to hit the shelves. Be one of the first to read it by preordering today, whether online or from your local bookshop. I can’t wait to hear what you think.
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Plumbing is one of the most male dominated parts of the economy today. But what was it like in the past? Did women work in plumbing in Ancient Rome? Behind the scenes footage from a short film to accompany #Economica 📗, where the answer is revealed. @HeadlinePress1 @SealPress
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Fabulous podcast episode on #HettyGreen @BBCSimonJack @misszing @jonmanel - one of the unsung female entrepreneurs, merchants, bankers & investors who feature in my forthcoming 📗 #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. Listen back here:
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Hetty Green was America’s richest woman, but was renowned as the nation’s biggest miser
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What did mill girls do in their spare time? Those working in Lowell’s cotton mills penned their own literary journal. And here it is👇. Read more about it in #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power 📗 @HeadlinePress1 @SealPress 📷 ©️ The Granger Collection / Alamy
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Very sad news. Such a kind and inspirational man. A towering figure in #econhist.
My dear friend, colleague and coauthor Peter Temin has passed away.
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Ching Shih: the lady pirate who controlled trade in the South China Sea & took one British captain hostage, turning him into her Advisor for Western Affairs. Read more about the history of women & global trade in #Economica @headlinepg @SealPress 📷 ©️ IanDagnall Computing/Alamy
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Delighted to be amongst the “Best Books to Look Out for in August” @Waterstones. Pre-order your copy of #Economica here: #womenwealthpower @headlinepg @HeadlinePress1 @SealPress.
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Buy Economica by Victoria Bateman from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
From R.F. Kuang's much-anticipated new fantasy and Jacqueline Wilson's second adult novel to fascinating history from Professor Alice Roberts and Sabrina Ghayour's stunning new cookbook, here are the books we can't wait to get our hands on this August:
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RT @daniel_dsj2110: This looks great: Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth, and Power by Victoria Bateman.h….
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Do you know the price of fish? This woman certainly did. From an ancient stone relief depicting a woman selling fish beside a lake in Cambodia (Credit: ©️ Bas Photo / Alamy Stock Photo) #womenwealthpower #Economica
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Why was Ancient Egypt so very prosperous? This artefact from the Met Museum - one of the numerous historical artefacts that features in my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power @HeadlinePress1 @SealPress @headlinepg - helps reveal why. #womenwealthpower
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#VotesForWomen: How much did men help? More than we might imagine, as this little handbook reveals.
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Want to read an “erudite, ambitious & richly global” economic history of the world that “sets a new standard”? Then my new 📗 #Economica is for you. If you’re in the UK, now is your last chance to preorder @Waterstones with 25% off (ends tonight) #SUMMER25
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American WW1 Poster encouraging women to invest in war bonds. Women’s historic involvement in financial markets is one of the themes of my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power @headlinebooks @SealPress (Image: ©️ Pictures Now / Alamy Stock Photo)
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Historic view of the @bankofengland paper mill - in honour of the major redesign of British banknotes. Image:©️The Trustees of the British Museum (Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence) @boemuseum
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It’s time to talk about how women made the global economy. It’s time for #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (out on 28th August @HeadlinePress1 @headlinepg). Pre-order now @Waterstones with code #SUMMER25 for 25% off until tomorrow:
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RT @HeadlinePress1: Want to learn more about the incredible women who shaped economic history? ECONOMICA by @vnbateman is included in the @….
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Now is the perfect time to pre-order #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power, with 25% off @Waterstones: Use code #SUMMER25 - & do let me know who is your favourite female entrepreneur, trader or industrialist from history! @HeadlinePress1
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#BookGiveaway 📗🎉 Do enter for a chance to win one of 25 FREE COPIES of #Economica (published in the US by @SealPress on 30 September). #WomenWealthPower #Econhist.
Enter for a chance to win a free copy of ECONOMICA by @vnbateman, an epic history on how women have been making the world rich since the Stone Age 💰. 🗓️ Today until August 21st.🔗 Enter here:
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Thank you Hannah Burrows for this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of #Economica @HeadlinePress1: “a love letter to all of the forgotten women in history who have paved the way for our civilisation to thrive & grow”. Find out who else recommends the book @Waterstones:
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