Business Leaders – January 2014 Newsletter

In December 2013, General Motors announced that its first woman CEO would take the reins in January 2014.  As January 2014 ENewsletter as published_Page_1part of the celebration of  Mary Barra’s achievement in being the first woman to head a major automobile company, this month we profile two women business leaders from our book Her Story:  A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America.  The women we selected were early business leaders:  Rebecca Webb Lukens and Rose Markward Knox.

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Business Planning – Kalon Women January-March 2014 Issue

In 1825 (with a newborn), upon her husband’s death, Rebecca Webb Lukens took over the management of the almost bankrupt Brandywine Iron Works in what is now Coatesville, Pennsylvania. This was the first American company to make a boiler plate and hull plates for steam-powered ships and locomotives; it thereby played a prominent role in the industrial and transportation revolutions of the 19th century.

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Reaching for the Stars – Huffington Post Blog – January 2014

Amelia Earhart was able to fly and set records because of the women who came before her who fought for women’s rights and broke barriers of every kind. She broke additional barriers. Women today are able to stand on Amelia Earhart’s shoulders and reach for their own stars, becoming astronauts and commercial airline pilots. For her many accomplishments in advancing the rights and interests of women, Amelia Earhart is one of the over 250 women who have been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

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