James Cash Penney: An Indefatigable Salesman
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
A look at two articles that provide some insight on the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
Category: Biography
Trusts, Combinations, and Charles R. Flint
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
You hear about mergers today, but Charles R. Flint was the master of combinations in his day.
Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Birth of Scientific Management
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Modern scientific management systems have a history that really begins with a man named Frederick Winslow Taylor.
A. Philip Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Featured in “This Month in Business History”
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about the two new entries to Business Reference's This Month in Business History project; one on A. Philip Randolph and one on the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Biography, Business
Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In the history of the organized labor movement Samuel Gompers who, in 1881, helped to found the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions which later became the American Federation of Labor, is a seminal figure.
Alice Foote MacDougall and her (not so) Little Coffee Shop
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Alice Foote MacDougall was a coffee house entrepreneur of the early 20th century; read a little about her story.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History
Standard Oil, Tariffs, and Ida Tarbell
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Ida Tarbell was a journalist of the early 20th century and is most known for “The History of Standard Oil” but she wrote many other things and has become an important figure in American history.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History
The Very Fascinating Elizabeth J. Magie
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
we published a post about the creation of Monopoly and only touched on Elizabeth J. Magie the creator of the game that became Monopoly. Since then I have found a bit more about her and discovered she had quite an interesting life and deserved her own post.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Inventions, Women's History
Charles Nessler, Inventor and Hair Entrepreneur
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Have you ever used a hair curler or hair crimping gadget? Have you ever had a permanent? If so, you are getting closer to discovering Charles Nessler.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Inventions