Fewer government grants and contracts, as well as tariffs, are at the top of the list.
Economic researcher Ruveyda Nur Gozen analyzed 3,589 women-owned manufacturing businesses from the 1800s.
Black women are starting their own businesses at the highest rate of any demographic group, report says.
!["Women entrepreneurs or [manufacturing] business owners hired more women compared to their male counterparts" in the 19th century, said research economist Ruveyda Nur Gozen.](https://img.apmcdn.org/8840d8b037de4e908e24e1d0819cfb83576dfa26/uncropped/f0e5cb-2024-08-new-england-factory-life-e1723039843356-webp1500.webp)
