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Archive for the Biography Category (53 Posts)

two men standing on either side of a clay bust on the left is the sculptor with his arm raised as if the use his tool on the bust on the right is Gompers wearing a suit

Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Biography, Business, Labor

a coffee cup on a saucer with three spoons and a knife next to it

Alice Foote MacDougall and her (not so) Little Coffee Shop

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History

Silver stylized owl with radiant circles around its head, surrounded by a gold frame

Entrepreneur, Pioneer, and Philanthropist Clara Brown.

Posted by: Amber Paranick

Posted in: African American History, Biography, Women's History

Tarbell sitting and writing at a desk in in front of a desk strewn with papers

Standard Oil, Tariffs, and Ida Tarbell

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History

image features Lizzie Magie with her back to the camera and head turned in profile wearing white signed Respectfully Lizzie Magie

The Very Fascinating Elizabeth J. Magie

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Biography, Business, Inventions, Women's History

Silver stylized owl with radiant circles around its head, surrounded by a gold frame

Charles Nessler, Inventor and Hair Entrepreneur

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Biography, Business, Inventions

Street scene of people walking past the Garfinckel's Department Store.

Garfinckel’s Department Store and Julius Garfinkel

Posted by: Natalie Burclaff

Posted in: Biography, Business

daytime photograph of the two tory FW Woolworth Co building with two street lights in front adorned with hanging flowers

Nickels, Dimes, and F. W. Woolworth

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Biography, Business

five bras on wire forms shaped like a woman's body that is a store display

By Women and For Women

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History