businesswomen

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businesswomen

Business leaders, the faces behind beauty

2009
Presents a group of dedicated women who filled the demand for beauty products.

Just rewards

2006
Linnet O'Neill finds herself following in her great-grandmother, Emma Hare's, footsteps as she struggles to modernize the family business despite the protests of her mother and the vengeful plans of a family enemy.

Est?e Lauder

beauty business success
2000
A biography of cosmetic entrepreneur, Est?e Lauder, from her days of selling face powder at card parties to the present multimillion dollar beauty company that bears her name.

Elizabeth Arden

beauty empire builder
2001
A biography of Elizabeth Arden, looking at how she achieved success as a makeup entrepreneur by setting out to change public opinion about women who used cosmetics.

Great African Americans in business

1996
Examines the lives of more than ten African-American men and women, including Oprah Winfrey, Don Cornelius, and Susan Taylor, and discusses the obstacles they overcame on the path to success.

Martha Stewart

a biography
2007
Presents a comprehensive biography of Martha Stewart that profiles her childhood, education, family, and success in the food entertainment industry.

Top entrepreneurs and their businesses

illustrated with photographs
1993
Examines the lives of eight men and one woman, including Sam Walton, L.L. Bean, Walt Disney, and Rose Totino, who built once-small businesses into well-known enterprises.

Women business leaders

1995
Profiles eight successful women entrepreneurs engaged in a variety of enterprises, including Mary Kay Ash, Marilyn Hamilton, Louise Woerner, Ellen Terry, Leeann Chin, Helen Boehm, Ella Musolino, and Masako Boissonnault.

Elizabeth Arden

cosmetics entrepreneur
1989
A biography of Elizabeth Arden, examining her life and success in the beauty business.

Anita!

the woman behind The Body Shop
1998
A brief biography of the energetic woman who founded The Body Shop with its line of cosmetics made from natural ingredients. Includes health and skincare advice.

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