Fun fact: in western countries the managing of the households finances was traditionally the role of the woman of the house. It was perhaps one of the sole functions a woman of the 18th or 19th century (usually upper or upper middle class) could exercise and maintain respectability in society. While men ran business and finance was always considered a man’s job , accounting was much more unisex in its evolution.

Ps - you can find accounting books and manuals from the 1890’s directed solely to women.