She's the Boss: The Rise of Women's Entrepreneurship Since World War II - Couverture souple

Michals, Debra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1978818165 ISBN 13 : 9781978818163

Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 2025

Synopsis

In the years after World War II, as women were being pushed from wartime jobs for returning soldiers, government and business leaders – and women themselves – saw small business ownership as a viable economic solution. In just five years, US women owned nearly a million of the nation’s businesses. In the decades since, women have moved increasingly into business ownership, often outpacing male start-ups so that today, they own more than 14 million businesses, 40% of all US companies.  She’s the Boss chronicles the forces that made entrepreneurship attractive to women. In rich detail, Debra Michals shares the stories of the countless women of all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities who contributed to this important history. The book also explores the intersection of women’s personal choices within changing social, political, and economic factors, such as the rising divorce rates of the 1960s and 1970s, ongoing workplace and credit discrimination; civil and women’s rights activism and activist entrepreneurs, the 1970s recession and 1980s “Reagan Revolution,” and more recently, the internet, crowd-funding, and social entrepreneurship.

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À propos de l?auteur

DEBRA MICHALS is an associate professor of women's and gender studies and chair of the Humanities Department at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1978818165
• ISBN 13: 9781978818163
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
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