Despite discrimination, in spite of glass ceilings, some women have achieved success in the world of business.
A biography of Elizabeth Arden, cosmetics business executive, who pioneered many advertising and marketing techniques.
Coco Chanel's designs helped define the 1920s and the 1950s. A short biography of Chanel plus links to many Net resources for even more information and photographs.
Mary Parker Follett was a pioneer theorist on management theory. That her work is nearly forgotten today is sad, because even in 1918 and 1924, her work shows the direction of much of 20th century management thinking.
Quotes by Mary Parker Follett - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Helena Rubinstein founded and ran a worldwide cosmetics empire.
Biography of A'Lelia Walker, daughter of Madam C. J. Walker, and figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Madam C. J. Walker biography - profile of Madam C. J. Walker, African American inventor and business executive whose hair care products were directed at black women.
Profile of Maggie Lena Walker, first woman bank president,and African American business woman of Richmond, Virginia.
Pictures of Maggie Lena Walker, African American business executive and bank president.
Six women from the music world are featured, focusing on their role as entrepreneurs and not just musicians.
"Time 100" tribute honors this beauty entrepreneur with a biography and timeline.
The Radio Hall of Fame honors radio show "Ma Perkins" starring Virginia Payne, a dramatic show that ran from 1933 to 1960, depicting a mother and business owner in a small town.
This biography of Mary Pickford, "America's Sweetheart," emphasizes her business acumen. She achieved control over her own pictures by helping found United Artists, becoming actress, producer, studio owner and director.
Mary Katherine Goddard received the commission to print the American Delcaration of Independence by the Continental Congress because of her reputation running a printing shop. This video clip explains how her business success was limited by women's legal position in colonial America.
An extensive survey by Robert E. Wright, U. of Virginia, on women as business owners, loan recipients, investors or otherwise involved in financial issues and the workforce in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
A brief article and links to original source materials in the collection of the library at the Harvard Business School.
Find a series of video presentations from a Radcliffe conference on 250 years of women in American business, including thoughts on why it's taken so long to study the history of women in entrepreneurship.
