Women Gamblers in Wall Street

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Title

Women Gamblers in Wall Street

Creator

"One of Them"

Date

Jan 1918

Description

According to the House of Mirth, Lily used the stock market on Wall Street in order to pay for her debts, which generated from playing bridge. In the novel, it turns out that the money that she earned came from Trenor who came up with the idea of her owing him back or just hanging out with him. Since she is already interested in Percy, she chooses to owe him the money back.

The source that I found has to do with women gambling in the stock market, which is similar to how Lily gambled while playing bridge. The creator is an anonymous name, hence the "One of Them". It actually mentions how playing bridge was a thing and how women have found a new game that involves investing in the stock market where they own a stock, which helps them gain ten or twenty dollars on every five invested when the market goes up ten or twenty points. It talks about how the economy had shifted downward because of the world war, which caused females to lose money. It then goes into detail on how there are crooked firms in Wall street who try to sell worthless stocks to women because they feel that they are not as calm and calculating than men. In short, this source really explains the horrors of gambling in the stock market, which can be used when reading about when Lily invested in the stock market.

Contributor

Zachary Marshall

Source*

By ONE, O. T. WOMEN GAMBLERS IN WALL STREET. (1918, 01). 101. Retrieved from American Periodicals on Proquest. Web. 8 Apr, 2015

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Citation

"One of Them", “Women Gamblers in Wall Street,” American Women's Bestsellers -- Spring 2015, accessed March 29, 2024, https://202s15.cesaunders.net/items/show/116.

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