Biography of business woman
What is business woman.
Starting a new business has rarely been an easy endeavor. But throughout much of American history, female entrepreneurs faced especially daunting obstacles.
Biography of business woman
They couldn’t open bank accounts in their own names, obtain a loan—or even vote. Still, some tapped family connections, sussed out unique business opportunities and beat the considerable odds. The businesses these women launched—some of which survived for a century or longer—turned their founders into role models for more contemporary American moguls like Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart.
Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793)
In the late colonial era, fathers supported their daughters by helping them find husbands and funding dowries—and perhaps by giving them an education that would help them oversee a large household.
Eliza Pinckney’s father instead handed his 16-year-old daughter the job of managing his struggling rice plantations in South Carolina, while he returned to the West Indies. Her dowry included the ability to draw o