Chapter 4 focuses on the role and activities of women in credit transactions. That women made economic contributions to their households in the management, care, and sale of livestock and farm products, and in the production of various marketable items, is incontrovertible. Yet, the significance and extent of their larger economic role has been neglected, especially when it comes to financial exchange and credit. For the most part, much remains to be written about the extent of women’s capacity to lend and borrow, of gendered practices related to credit, of the impact of female involvement in credit networks traditionally dominated by men, and of the effects of female participation in the economic life of their household and community. This chapter sheds light on their roles and motivations as particular actors. But it also aims to show their significance in credit networks at large.