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001 2016050513
003 DLC
005 20190524125242.0
008 161101s2017 ncua b s001 0ceng
010 _a 2016050513
020 _a9781469633015 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a9781469633022 (pbk : alk. paper)
020 _z9781469633039 (ebook)
042 _apcc
043 _an-us---
040 _aNcU/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cNcU
_dDLC
050 0 0 _aHD6054.4.U6
_bS67 2017
082 0 0 _a338.092/520973
_223
100 1 _aSparks, Edith,
245 1 0 _aBoss lady :
_bhow three women entrepreneurs built successful big businesses in the mid-twentieth century /
_cEdith Sparks.
264 1 _aChapel Hill :
_bThe University of North Carolina Press,
_c[2017]
300 _axiv, 309 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index.
505 0 _aConstructing entrepreneurial pathways -- Government and women's business ownership -- Labor-management relations -- Gender as brand management -- Women and business valuation: asserting self-worth.
520 _a"... 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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aWomen-owned business enterprises
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWomen executives
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century
_vBiography.
650 0 _aBusinesswomen
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century
_vBiography.
600 1 0 _aLewis, Tillie,
_d1904-1977.
600 1 0 _aBeech, Olive Ann,
_d1903-1993.
600 1 0 _aRudkin, Margaret.
830 0 _aLuther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy.
999 _c233221
_d233221