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Editorial
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Accounting History
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May 1, 2008
- Author:
- Carnegie, Garry; West, Brian
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This issue features four articles on a diverse range of topics and a variety of time periods, two book reviews and a report on the fifth Accounting History International Conference (5AHIC), which was successfully held in Banff in August 2007. Scholars of articles appearing in the issue are located in Australia, the UK and the USA.
Cooper examines the life and work of Mary Addison (Addie) Hamilton as the first woman in Western Australia to be admitted to membership of a professional accounting body. She was admitted to the Institute of Accountants and Auditors of Western Australia in 1915. Addie was indeed among the first women in the world to be admitted to an accounting professional body ...