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Enterprising women : 250 years of American business / Virginia G. Drachman.
Lippincott Library HC102.5 .D73 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drachman, Virginia G., 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Businesswomen--United States--Biography.
- Businesswomen.
- History.
- United States.
- Businesswomen--United States--History.
- Businesswomen--United States--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 184 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- A diverse group of womens lives unfold in this engaging history of women entrepreneurs in America from the colonial era to the end of the 20th century. Despite facing gender discrimination and the burdens of work and family, these women entrepreneurs understood the value of a good idea, were willing to take a risk, and believed in the possibility of the American dream of success.
- Contents:
- To live & act as I please
- To guide and encourage other women in business
- A field that is their own province
- The cleverest women ... have entered most of the business fields
- Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, let's go.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-174) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807827622
- 0807854298
- OCLC:
- 49679637
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