| Female creditors (individual or joint) | Female debtors (individual or joint) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washing and/or sewings | 19 | 25.0 | 1 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goods and provisions sold | 9 | 11.8 | 8 | 22.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estate debts or receivables | 6a | 7.9 | 9b
| 25.0
| Rent / improvements / damages
| 8
| 10.5
| 2
| 5.6
| Bonds / book debts / mortgages / bills of exchange
| 5
| 6.8
| 4
| 11.1
| Nursing / midwifery
| 3
| 3.9
| 1
| 2.8
| Room and board
| 1
| 1.3
| 3c
| 8.3
| Medical services
| —
| —
| 1
| 2.8
| Support of illegitimate child (not own)
| 1
| 1.3
| —
| —
| Sale of sealing gun
| 1
| 1.3
| —
| —
| Carpentry work
| —
| —
| 1
| 2.8
| Sale of piece of ground
| 1
| 1.3
| —
| —
| Unidentified services
| 1
| 1.3
| —
| —
| Unidentified balance of account
| 1
| 1.3
| —
| —
| Unspecified
| 20
| 26.3
| 6
| 16.7
| Totals
| 76
| 100.0
|
| 36
| 100.1
| |
Notes: Various claims in relation to unpaid wages are not included in this table but are dealt with in the subsection on employment disputes, below. However, in this table the category "Unspecified" does contain numerous suits for small amounts that may have involved wage claims, although they could also have been be for such services as washing, nursing, sewing, etc. The decision to include them here is, therefore, somewhat arbitrary.
aFive matters involving women's estates.
bOne matter involving a woman's estate; three matters involving female executors; remaining matters involved other female legatees.
cTwo cases involving suits for board not provided by women, as agreed.
Sources: Database compiled by the author, as described in Appendix B.