women in business

A biography of the president of Motown Productions, a bright, determined woman whose business gifts have brought her many awards in television and movie production.

Examines the role of women in the industrial growth of the United States, France, and Great Britain through the lives of Catharine Greene, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin, and Mary Quant.

A biography of the energetic girl whose enthusiasm, ideas, and hard work helped her become a world famous "cookie lady.".

Surveys the history, progress, problems, and prospects of women's achievement in careers formerly dominated by men.

A biography of the woman who developed her business philosophy by creating her own cosmetics company.

Quee Purdy, a sixtyish entrepreneur, opens a no-smoking clinic in the small town of Fulton, North Carolina, and pampers people into giving up a lot more than just their nicotine habits.

Presents two-page profiles of 21 successful businessmen and women who have become familiar to most of us by name or by their products or services, and by the changes they have effected in our daily lives. Illustrated with period photographs.