Women in Business

Brownie Wise being handed a Saleswoman of the Year Award by three men in suits

Brownie Wise/Saleswoman of the Year Award, 1956
Brownie Wise Papers, 1938-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Color photo of two women in front of a Garifuna food truck.
Latina Entrepreneurs Past and Present
Green velveteen hat with layers of fabric wrapped in a circular design
Virtually Wear a Hat Made by Businesswoman Vanilla Beane
Two African American adult women stand next to a raised garden bed. The younger woman holds a child and wears a green dress printed with stylized figures. The woman standing next to her wears a hat and t-shirt with the logo for Soul Fresh Farms.
Urban Farming is Activism for the Women of Soul Fresh Farms
October 3, 2023
Headshot of Indra Nooyi.
Running a Fortune 500 Company with Business Executive Indra Nooyi
Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones: Trailblazing Adwoman
National Museum of American History

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Maggie Lena Walker. She wears pearls and has a small cross pinned to her dress.
Bank President Maggie Lena Walker
National Museum of American History

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Brownie Wise
Brownie Wise: 1950s Executive
National Museum of American History

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Magazine cover with photo of Linda Alvarado in a suit seated behind a Colorado Rockies logo. Headline: Baseball's $100 Million Woman
Three Latinas Who Made Baseball History
April 15, 2022
Painting of Leah Chase cutting a yellow squash in a restaurant kitchen
Five Ways Black Women Shaped Food History 
March 24, 2022
Colorized photo of Patsy Mink in front of the US Capitol
Hearing the Voices of Women Leaders on Money, Power, and Policy
November 19, 2021
Tillie Lewis sits at an office desk. She is surrounded by men in suits.
Hearing the Voices of Women Leaders in Business and Finance
October 27, 2020