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

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

Author/creator	Sparks, Edith author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Description	xiv, 309 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)	Lewis, Tillie, 1896-1977 Beech, Olive Ann, 1903-1993. Rudkin, Margaret. Women-owned business enterprises--United States --History --20th century. Women executives--United States --History --20th century --Biography. Businesswomen--United States --History --20th century --Biography.

Series	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. ^A1325371
Contents	Constructing entrepreneurial pathways -- Government and women's business ownership -- Labor-management relations -- Gender as brand management -- Women and business valuation: asserting self-worth.
Abstract	" ... 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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2016050513
ISBN	9781469633015 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1469633019 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	9781469633022 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1469633027 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN	electronic book