Enterprising women
Subtitle: 250 years of American business
By: Virginia G. Drachman
Contributors: National Heritage Museum (Lexington, Mass.)
Publisher: Published in association with the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, Harvard University by University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Businesswomen -- United States -- Biography; Businesswomen -- United States -- History; Businesswomen -- United States -- Exhibitions
Genres: Biography; Exhibitions
Description: "Meet Katherine Goddard, owner of a print shop and publisher of the first signed copy of the Declaration of Independence; meet Madam C. J. Walker, whose hair care products brought her from her slave parents' dilapidated cabin to her own Hudson River estate; and meet Katharine Graham, publisher of the Pentagon Papers and owner of the Washington Post Company.".

"These are just three of the many women whose lives unfold in this history of women entrepreneurs in America from the birth of the new nation to the end of the twentieth century. They all owned their business ventures, earned widespread public recognition in their day, and left their imprint on American business and life. They are a diverse group - from different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups and from every region of the country.

Some ran businesses in industries dominated by men, such as iron and aircraft production, while others built businesses that marketed specifically to women, in industries such as beauty, fashion, and food."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title held Oct. 2002-Feb. 2003 at the National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Mass. and six other U.S. locations through Jan. 2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-174) and index
Table of contents: title: Introducing enterprising women; title: "To live & act as I please" : seeking independence, 1750-1830; title: "To guide and encourage other women in business" : profit in the service of women, 1830-1890; title: "A field that is their own province" : fashioning the business of beauty, 1890-1960; title: "The cleverest women; title: have entered most of the business fields" : breaking new ground, 1890-1960; title: "Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. Let's go" : women take charge, 1960-2000