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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.