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Ms. Fortune. (Scan).(Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs)(Book Review)
Two liberal feminists have discovered that ... capitalism works!
In their new book, Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs, Martha Shirk and Anna Wadia tell the stories of 11 women who started their own small businesses and pulled their families out of poverty. The authors acknowledge that owning a business has always been part of the American Dream, and aim to encourage it among low-income women.
Though several of these women fled welfare to start their companies, the authors inexplicably insist that greater welfare benefits are necessary to promote small business growth. Even more puzzling is their recommendation that today's system of channeling welfare recipients into jobs be changed to a system of channeling them toward "training programs" and education instead. They argue this will give people the skills they need to get better jobs and make more money.
But one of their own profilees demonstrates the ...
- White Hall woman featured in book. (Restaurant Notes).(White Hall, Arkansas,...
- Magazine article from: Arkansas Business Henry, John October 21, 2002 700+ words
Jeanette Bradshaw, owner of Elegant Traditions by Jeanette of White Hall, is featured in "Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs," stories of how women built their own businesses, published by the Ms. Foundation for Women. With the...
- Kitchen-Table Entrepreneurs Are on the Rise. (Originated from The Atlanta...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Emling, Shelley July 5, 1993 700+ words
ATLANTA--Jul. 5--Gail E. McKay chucked pantyhose, steady paychecks, and corporate ladders nearly 10 years ago to launch Gem Painting, her own all- female house painting company. The home-based business was inspired by her desire to have flexible hours and be her own boss. Ms. McKay is not alone.
- Economic Security Group Demos Launches Online News Journal, Around the Kitchen...
- News wire article from: AScribe Business & Economics News Service February 10, 2006 700+ words
...announced the launch of the new Around the Kitchen Table online. Published at http://www...first published in 2004, Around the Kitchen Table has become a resource for reformers...trends in the U.S. The new Around the Kitchen Table format builds on a strong record of...
- A Kitchen Table Issue
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post JUDY MANN April 6, 1988 700+ words
...January that women will be voting "kitchen table issues" in the 1988 election. Not...not bread and butter issues, but kitchen table issues. "They come," said Harder...It's got a nice ring to it. The kitchen table is not where you discuss aid to the...
- Kitchen Table Sustainability.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch April 1, 2009 700+ words
Kitchen Table Sustainability Wendy Sarkissian & collaborators Earthscan...community is to boil it down to the simplest version of it--the kitchen table. "Kitchen Table Sustainability: Practical Recipes for Community Engagement...
- My Kitchen Table.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch September 1, 2007 700+ words
My Kitchen Table Pilar Pobil University of Utah Press...6672 A very special memoir, "My Kitchen Table: Sketches From My Life" is the autobiographical...had original told them around her kitchen table to her children. One very special...
- Nine Midwestern Gun Control Groups Announce a 70% Drop in Gun Dealers,...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 29, 2000 700+ words
...Thursday, November 30, at 10:30 WHAT: A kitchen table set up for a meal, with the visual twist...is due to a decrease in the number of "kitchen table" gun dealers. The term "kitchen table" gun dealer has come to symbolize individuals...
- New Westwayne Campaign Touts Denny's as "America's Kitchen Table".
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 19, 2000 700+ words
...s campaign, called "America's Kitchen Table," launches nationally Sept. 25...times, when people gathered around the kitchen table more often for mealtime and shared...presenting Denny's as `America's Kitchen Table' because we know today's busy families...
Source: HighBeam Research, Ms. Fortune. (Scan).(Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs)(Book Review)