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Women in California Business
(ASK Computer), Sandra L. Kurtzig with Tom Parker (1991).
CEO: Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up. (New
York, NY: Norton, 303 p.). Kurtzig, Sandra L.; Women
executives--United States--Biography; Computer industry--United
States--History.
(Fetzer Vineyards), Kathleen Fetzer with Sarah Suggs (2005).
Kathleen's Vineyard: The Fetzer Family Matriarch Shares Her Story.
(Fort Bragg, CA: Cypress House, 240 p.). Fetzer, Kathleen, 1921- ;
Fetzer family; Vintners--California--Biography; Wine and wine
making--California--History.
(Hamburger Hamlets Inc.), Marilyn Lewis (2000).
"Marilyn, Are You Sure You Can Cook?" He Asked: A Memoir.
(Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 224 p.). Lewis, Marilyn, 1929- ;
Restaurateurs--United States--Biography; Cookery, American.
(Hewlett-Packard), Barbara Waugh with Margot Silk Forrest
(2001).
The Soul in the Computer: The Story of a Corporate
Revolutionary. (Maui, HI: Inner Ocean, 249 p.). Waugh,
Barbara; Hewlett-Packard Company; Social responsibility of
business; Corporate culture; Social action; Political activists.
(Hewlett-Packard), George Anders (2003). Perfect Enough:
Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard. (New
York, NY: Portfolio, 288 p.). Former Reporter (Wall Street
Journal). Fiorina, Carly; Packard, David, 1912- ;Hewlett, William
R.; Hewlett-Packard Company--Management; Hewlett-Packard
Company--History; Electronic industries--United
States--Management--Case studies; Computer industry--United
States--Management--Case studies; Organizational change--United
States--Case studies; Women executives--United States--Biography;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
(Hewlett-Packard), Peter Burrows (2003).
Backfire: Carly
Fiorina's High-Stakes Battle for the Soul of Hewlett-Packard.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, p.). Fiorina, Carly; Hewlett, William R.;
Hewlett-Packard Company; Compaq Computer Corporation; Electronic
industries--United States; Computer industry--United States;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States--Case
studies; Corporations--Investor relations--United States--Case
studies.
(Hewlett-Packard), Carly Fiorina (2006).
Tough Choices: A Memoir. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 336 p.).
Former President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005. Fiorina,
Carly; Women executives--United States--Biography.
Led HP for six years through drastic changes, controversial merger; sudden,
very public firing by board. Was it about performance?
(Mattel), M. G. Lord (1994).
Forever Barbie: The
Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll. (New York, NY: Morrow,
326 p.). Barbie dolls.
(Mattel), Ruth Handler, with Jacqueline Shannon (1994).
Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story. (Stamford, CT: Longmeadow
Press, 230 p.). Founder of Mattel & Creator of the Barbie Doll in
1959. Handler, Ruth; Mattel, Inc.; Dollmakers--United
States--Biography; Barbie dolls.
(Mrs. Fields Cookies), Debbi Fields and Alan Furst (1987).
"One Smart Cookie": How a Housewife's Chocolate Chip Recipe Turned
into a Multimillion-Dollar Business--The Story of Mrs. Fields
Cookies. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 173 p.). Fields,
Debbi; Mrs. Fields Cookies (Firm); Businesswomen--United
States--Biography; Cookie industry--United States.
(Purple Moon Media), Brenda Laurel (2001).
Utopian
Entrepreneur. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 116 p.). Founder
(Purple Moon Media). Laurel, Brenda; Purple Moon Media
(Firm)--History; Interval Research Corporation--History;
Entrepreneurship--United States; Corporations--Moral and ethical
aspects--United States; Social responsibility of business--United
States; Children's software--United States; Computer software
industry--United States; Businesswomen--United States--Biography.
(Wine), Ann B. Matasar (2006).
Women of Wine: The Rise of Women in the Global Wine Industry.
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 265 p.). Professor of
Business Emerita at the Walter E. Heller College of Business
Administration (Roosevelt University). Women in the wine industry.
Women's increasingly influential role in the
wine industry, traditionally a very male-dominated domain.
Elizabeth Carlassare (2001).
Dotcom Divas: E-Business
Insights from the Visionary Women Founders of 20 Net Ventures.
(New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 274 p.). Electronic commerce--United
States; Businesswomen--United States; Women-owned business
enterprises--United States.
Lynn M. Hudson (2003).
The Making of "Mammy Pleasant": A
Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco.
(Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 193 p.). Pleasant, Mary
Ellen, 1814-1904; African American women -- Biography; African
Americans -- Biography; African American businesspeople --
California -- San Francisco -- Biography; Businesswomen --
California -- San Francisco -- Biography; San Francisco (Calif.)
-- Biography; San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century;
African Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- History --
19th century; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Race relations.
Glenna Matthews (2003).
Silicon Valley, Women, and the
California Dream: Gender, Class, and Opportunity in the Twentieth
Century. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 313 p.).
Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Urban and Regional
Development (University of California, Berkeley). Women computer
industry employees--California--Santa Clara Valley.
Edith Sparks (2006).
Capital Intentions: Female Proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920.
(Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 320 p.).
Assistant Professor of History (University of the Pacific).
Businesswomen--California--San Francisco--History; Women-owned
business enterprises--California--San Francisco--History.
Women entrepreneurs who started businesses
that combined family with money-making: who they were, why they
started businesses, how they attracted customers and managed
finances, how they dealt with failure.
Sally Zanjani (1997).
A Mine of Her Own: Women Prospectors in the American West,
1850-1950. (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 375
p.). Women miners--West (U.S.)--History; Prospecting--West
(U.S.)--History.
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