Business

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Eliza Lucas, 1722 - Caribbean Plantation Owner (but also an active slave owner), born 28th December 1722

Eleanor Coade, British Businesswoman, born 3rd June 1733

Mary Katherine Goddard, American Publisher & Postmistress, born 16th June 1738
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Bridget Mason, Black American Nurse & Entrpreneur, born 15th August 1818

Hetty Green, American Businesswoman, born 21st November 1834

Josephine Ruffin, Black American Publisher & Activist, born 31st August 1842
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Ida Straus, American Co-owner of Macy's, born 6th February 1849

Catherine Cranston, Scottish Tea Rooms Owner, born 27th May 1849

Annie Horniman, British Theatre Patron & Manager, born 3rd October 1860

Hilda Hewlett, British Aviator & Businesswoman, born 17th February 1864

Maggie L. Walker, Black American Businesswoman, born 15th July 1867

Rosa Lewis, British Hotelier, born 27th September 1867

Sarah Breedlove, African-American businesswoman, born 23rd December 1867

Mary Parker Follett, American social worker & management consultant, born 3rd September 1868

Alice B. Toklas, American-French Businesswoman, born 30th April 1877

Elizabeth Arden, Canadian Businesswoman, born 31st December 1878

Josephine Roche, American Industrialist & Politician, born 2nd December 1886

Sylvia Beach, American Bookseller and Publisher, born 14th March 1887
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Marjorie Merriweather Post, American Businesswoman, born 15th March 1887

​Lila Wallace, American Publisher & Philanthropist, born 25th December 1889
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Tillie Ehrlich Lewis, American Businesswoman, born 13th July 1901

Diana Vreeland, American Magazine Editor, born 29th July 1903

Olive Ann Beech, American aviator and businesswoman, born 25th September 1904

Bridget D'Oyly Carte, British Businesswoman, born 25th March 1908

Monica Maurice, British Industrialist, born 30th June 1908

Aenne Burda, German Publisher, born 28th July 1909

Helen Vlachos, Greek Newspaper Publisher, born 18th December 1911

Ruth Amonette, Vice President of IBM, born 24th September 1916

Mary Kay Ash, American Businesswoman, born 12th May 1918

Laura Ashley, Welsh Designer & Businesswoman, born 7th September 1925
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Georgia Frontiere, American Football Team Chairman, born 21st November 1927

Liz Claiborne, Belgian/American Entrepreneur, born 31st March 1929

Ann Mara, American Businesswoman & "1st Lady of Football", born 18th June 1929

Paula Kent Meehan, American Businesswoman, born 9th August 1931

Anita Roddick, British Businesswoman & Campaigner, born 23rd October 1942