She's the Boss

She's the Boss

The Rise of Women's Entrepreneurship since World War II

Michals, Debra

Rutgers University Press

04/2025

242

Mole

9781978818163

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Introduction
1 From War Worker to Business Owner: Women, Enterprise, and Postwar Reconversion, 1945-1950
2 Motherhood and Its Discontents: 1950s, Domesticity, the Cold War, and Women's Business Ownership
3 "Doin' It for Themselves:" Gender, Race, and Women's Entrepreneurship in the Socially Conscious 1960s
4 Sisterhood is (Economically) Powerful: Civil Rights, Feminism, and Women's Business Ownership in the 1960s and 1970s
5 Becoming "Entrepreneurs:" Women's Businesses in the '70s Recession and "Go-go" '80s
Epilogue: Women's Entrepreneurship in the 1990s and Beyond
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
business; women; women's rights; WWII; works; World War II; feminism; entrepreneurship; economy; capitalism; women's role; tradition; gender norms; Women entrepreneurs; Post-WWII business; Women-owned businesses; Entrepreneurship history; Gender and business; Small business ownership; Women's economic roles; Civil rights and business; Workplace discrimination; Credit discrimination; Reagan-era business; Social entrepreneurship; Crowd-funding; Rising divorce rates; Activist entrepreneurs; Debra Michals; Woman empowerment; Women workplace