A WOMAN IN BUSINESS
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1436366143|9781436366144. A Woman In Business published in the year 2008 was published by Author Solutions. Inc.. The author of this book is Virginia Hale. This is the Paperback version of the title... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1436366135
ISBN13:9781436366137
Release Date:December 2008
Publisher:Xlibris
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Stepping back to a world that doesn't exist any more
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I am reading the book now and am really enjoying learning about the beginnings of G. Fox and Company and the legacy left by Beatrice Fox Auerbach. In high school I worked there for a while...my favorite department was the Russell Stover candy counter. As an employee of the University of Hartford I've worked in some of the buildings dedicated in her name. I've known Virginia Hale for quite a few years and I very much like her writing style.
And Ahead of Her Time
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Beatrice Fox Auerbach (1887-1968) became the chief executive of her family's Hartford, Connecticut, department store in 1938. At a time when women executives were rare, she had a successful career even by today's standards; she also hired and promoted women and African Americans long before it was politically correct - or even acceptable - to do so. Department stores were at that time part of the culture of everyday living in a way that is difficult to imagine today. In an era when there were no mass retailers, discount stores or strip malls, G. Fox & Co.'s "departments" included everything from clothing and home furnishings to prescription drugs and postal services, as well as eggs produced on the Auerbach family farm. The store's customer service was legendary, as were were the Fox family's civic and philanthropic activities. The remarkable woman who was responsible for this vast enterprise is the subject of this readable and well-documented biography. Virginia Hale has deftly sketched a proto-feminist and at the same time skilfully recalled a vanished way of life. (Four stars instead of five only because it is so short.)
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