Boss lady : how three women entrepreneurs built successful big businesses in the mid-twentieth century / Edith Sparks.

Author
Sparks, Edith [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xiv, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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    Series
    • Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy [More in this series]
    • The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy
    Summary note
    " ... The careers of three pioneering businesswomen--Tillie Lewis (founder of Flotill Products), Olive Ann Beech (cofounder of Beech Aircraft), and Margaret Rudkin (founder of Pepperidge Farm)--who started their own manufacturing companies in the 1930s, sold them to major corporations in the 1960s and 1970s, and became members of their corporate boards"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-297) and index.
    Contents
    • Constructing entrepreneurial pathways
    • Government and women's business ownership
    • Labor-management relations
    • Gender as brand management
    • Asserting self-worth.
    ISBN
    • 9781469633015 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 1469633019 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781469633022 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1469633027 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016050513
    OCLC
    960276813
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