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02832aam a2200445 a 4500 001 F0BF12E667EE11E0A74B11D36AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 101018s2011 nyu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2010043556 020 $a 0312621736 020 $a 9780312621735 035 $a (OCoLC)651912552 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d NSB $d ZS3 $d BUP $d SILO 050 00 $a HD9940.D462 $b E34 2011 100 1 $a Edgar, Stacey. 245 1 $a Global girlfriends : $b how one mom made it her business to help women in poverty worldwide / $c Stacey Edgar. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2011. 300 $a 290 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a Start small, dream big, change lives, this is the story of how one woman harnessed the power of fair trade to help women in poverty help themselves. Seven years ago, the author had a $2,000 tax return and a deep desire to help provide economic security for women in need. She knew that of the 1.3 billion people living on less than $1 per day, seventy percent are women. What she didn't have was a business plan, or a passport. But that didn't stop her from creating a socially conscious business that has helped poor women in five continents feed their families and send their children to school. The business has grown into a multimillion dollar enterprise that specializes in handmade, fairly traded, ecoconscious apparel, accessories, and items made by women all over the world. This is the author's story of following her convictions, as well as her passionate argument for simple actions we can all take to eliminate extreme poverty. She refused to be paralyzed by the size of world poverty; she started by taking several small steps, personal responsibility firmly in hand, and never looked back. 505 0 $a Peace Corps reject -- 911 -- Friends in low places -- God turns his head on the Indian highway -- Namaste notions -- Believe -- Oh la la fair trade -- The painted priest of La Palma -- Life's fabric -- Haiti -- Africa at last -- Further afield. 610 20 $a Global Girlfriend (Firm) 650 0 $a Clothing trade $z Developing countries. 650 0 $a Poor women $z Developing countries. 650 0 $a Women in development. 941 $a 11 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728014321.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323031212.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20180905025035.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20180717033711.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307023523.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418080924.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825085235.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20140131021130.0 952 $l VFPB334 $d 20111025010750.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20110713011146.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20110416011809.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F0BF12E667EE11E0A74B11D36AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search