Priscilla Wakefield: Empowering Women Through Financial Literacy
3/6/202610 min
This Women in History Mini-Series with Dr. Victoria Bateman explores the life and contributions of Priscilla Wakefield, a revolutionary figure in financial literacy and women's empowerment during the Industrial Revolution. Wakefield's work in establishing savings banks and community insurance schemes for women highlights her belief in the practical application of mathematics for everyday life. The discussion also addresses the challenges women faced in finance during her time and her lasting impact on feminist economics.
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Priscilla Wakefield taught ordinary people how to use numbers.She established England's first savings bank for women and children.Wakefield's work...
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Autumn Phaneuf· Host0:59
[laughs] What if one of the most radical mathematicians of the Industrial Revolution wasn't a professor, didn't publish equations, and wasn't even allowed into most academic spaces? What if she was a woman who taught families how to budget, showed workers how to insure themselves against hardship, and quietly built financial systems that emp- empowered people the economy had left behind? That is the brilliant mind of Priscilla