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Informationen zum Autor Cheryl A. Smith is Associate Professor in the Adult Baccalaureate College of Lesley University and a member of the university's Academic Technology and Center for Academic Technology's Grants and Advisory committees. In addition, she is a member of the Advanced Graduate Council, which oversees the doctoral program in Educational Studies. With over 30 years of experience in academia, entrepreneurship, and community development she serves as a consultant to community-based, nonprofit, and religious groups and on the editorial board of Lesley's online peer-reviewed journal, Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice . Klappentext In stark contrast to popular belief, women of the African Diaspora have engaged in economic and leadership activities throughout the course of history. Black women around the world draw from a tradition of thousands of years of strategies that have enabled them to face and conquer the challenges of life as women of color. And yet today, black women are marginalized by an economic and financial community still dominated by white men. In Market Women , educator, activist, and entrepreneur Cheryl Smith sets the record straight, applying insights from a variety of fields to trace the roots of black women's entrepreneurship, as it is currently practiced in the United States. Featuring in-depth interviews with 19 present-day entrepreneurs (in ventures as diverse as catering, bookselling, millinery, and construction), Smith reveals an approach to business that is based on personal relationships, pooling of resources, a sense of humor, apprenticeship and mentoring, and strong mother-daughter bonds that defy traditional definitions of business success, wealth creation, and power. In the process she gives voice to a long-disenfranchised group whose struggles and triumphs in business illuminate universal themes that transcend race and gender. The result is a rich and unique study of business from a fresh and eye-opening perspective and an inspiring account of achieving success against tremendous odds. Zusammenfassung Explores the African roots of entrepreneurship among black women! and demonstrates their unique approaches to achieving business success. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Laurent Parks Daloz Preface Acknowledgments Introduction The Past: The Historical Perspective Setting the Stage: Background and Context Reclaiming History: African Economic Traditions The Continuum: Early African-American Women's Business History from the Colonial Period to the 20th Century Unexpected Entrepreneurs: A Different View of Business The Present: The Lived Experiences of Black Women Entrepreneurs The Present Day Context: Business, Balance, and Time A Strong Sense of Self: Who and How They Are Capital Accumulation: What They Do and How They Do It Mothers, Sisters, and Spirituality: Contributors to Success Social Capital: A New Kind of Quilt The Future: The Sankofa Principle--The Wisdom of Learning from the Past Gifts from the Margin The Wonderful Stuff: Empowerment through Re-framing, Re-construction, and Re-defining Appendix A: Black Women's Themes Appendix B: Networks Appendix C: Resources for Entrepreneurs Appendix D: Descriptions of Businesses Studied Notes Bibliography Bibliographic Essay Index ...
