Amy M. Froide is Associate Professor of History at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is the author of Never Married: Singlewomen in Early Modern England (2005), which was shortlisted for the Whitfield Prize. She is the co-editor with Judith M. Bennett of Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800 (1999). She has held fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Newberry Library, and the Henry H. Huntington Library. She is the past book review editor for the Journal of British Studies and founding Director of UMBC's undergraduate minor in Entrepreneurship.

Winner of the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women 2018 Book Award

"Silent Partners is one of those books which is full of gems. It makes the reader think, and then scribble down copious notes. It will be a fine addition to any financial history collection, and is full of detail about the lives of the women chosen as case studies."--Helen Paul, Reviews in History

"Froide adds to an important burgeoning literature that suggests that, far from being passive responders to capitalism, blown in the wind by its rough nature, women were actively involved. Whatever you think about capitalism, this new understanding of the past demands a reassessment of the way we think about the interactions between capitalism and gender. Coming back to earth, it also offers some of those all-important role models for our daughters today."--Victoria Bateman, Times Higher Education Supplement

"[A]n exciting and engaging picture of investment practices, strategies and behaviours which seamlessly weaves together various highly representative case studies that demonstrate women did not necessarily avoid financial risk and that their investments in both government and various companies contributed towards Britain as a nation during these years, whatever their personal situation."--Lizzie Rogers, Women's History Review

"[I]lluminating....The case studies within Silent Partners are plentiful and vivid, and do an excellent job of bringing these women to life. Financially, at least, they come across as thoroughly modern. The scenarios also highlight the disparity between these women's sophisticated investment ideas and the laws of the day."--Rachel Pine, The Bulletin

"Rebecca Dresser is a very good writer, with a clear, economical, and deceptively simple style. In Silent Partners: Human Subjects and Research Ethics, she extends the long looks she has taken at research ethics and the experience of illness into fruitful new territory."--The Hastings Center