Boss Lady: How Three Women Entrepreneurs Built Successful Big Businesses in the Mid-Twentieth Century
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Edith Sparks., & Edith Sparks|AUTHOR. (2017). Boss Lady: How Three Women Entrepreneurs Built Successful Big Businesses in the Mid-Twentieth Century . The University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Edith Sparks and Edith Sparks|AUTHOR. 2017. Boss Lady: How Three Women Entrepreneurs Built Successful Big Businesses in the Mid-Twentieth Century. The University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Edith Sparks and Edith Sparks|AUTHOR. Boss Lady: How Three Women Entrepreneurs Built Successful Big Businesses in the Mid-Twentieth Century The University of North Carolina Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Edith Sparks, and Edith Sparks|AUTHOR. Boss Lady: How Three Women Entrepreneurs Built Successful Big Businesses in the Mid-Twentieth Century The University of North Carolina Press, 2017.
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Full title | boss lady how three women entrepreneurs built successful big businesses in the mid twentieth century |
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