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700+ women managers and entrepreneurs.
Women who managed stores, factories, banks, newspapers, farms, hotels, schools, unions, non-profits. Overseeing architects, accountants, attorneys; shop clerks, payroll clerks; foremen, salesmen.
700+ women who managed businesses before the modern women's movement.

So many stories. So many details to fill in. Name. Company. Management experience. Career Highlights. Verification. One at a time.

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Mrs. Ora Snyder. Mrs. Snyder's Homemade Candies were as much a part of Chicago as Marshall Field's and just as well known. They suffered a similar fate. The woman who started a candy company in her kitchen and lent it her name, built a national reputation for value and integrity. Read more about Mrs. Ora Snyder