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02340aam a2200421 i 4500 001 DE42FB2C370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 161101s2017 ncua b s001 0ceng c 010 $a 2016050513 020 $a 1469633027 020 $a 9781469633022 020 $a 1469633019 020 $a 9781469633015 035 $a (OCoLC)960276813 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c NOC $d DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d GUA $d LANGC $d OCLCO $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD6054.4 U6 S67 2017 100 1 $a Sparks, Edith, $e author. 245 10 $a Boss lady : $b how three women entrepreneurs built successful big businesses in the mid-twentieth century / $c Edith Sparks. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xiv, 309 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Constructing 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Lewis, Tillie, $d 1904-1977. 600 10 $a Beech, Olive Ann, $d 1903-1993. 600 10 $a Rudkin, Margaret. 650 0 $a Women-owned business enterprises $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Women executives $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Businesswomen $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Biography. 830 0 $a Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403021447.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DE42FB2C370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search