Sparks, Edith, <br/><br/>
Boss lady :  how three women entrepreneurs built successful big businesses in the mid-twentieth century / 
Edith Sparks. 
 - xiv, 309 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
 - The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy .
 - Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index. 
<br/><br/>Constructing entrepreneurial pathways -- Government and women's business ownership -- Labor-management relations -- Gender as brand management -- Women and business valuation: asserting self-worth. 
<br/><br/> "... 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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469633015 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781469633022 (pbk : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016050513 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lewis, Tillie, 1904-1977. <br/>Beech, Olive Ann, 1903-1993. <br/>Rudkin, Margaret.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women-owned business enterprises--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Women executives--History--United States--20th century--Biography.<br/>Businesswomen--History--United States--20th century--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD6054.4.U6  / S67 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.092/520973