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22598
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Frustrated with low standards and impersonal treatment, Laura Schindler started her own physical therapy company in 2004. It has rapidly expanded with over twenty employees and 7,000 square foot facility.
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24281
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This article discusses how few women there are in high-technology industries in North Carolina and highlights some of the gender-bias they must face in the industry.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 6, June 2001,
p42-51, il
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26155
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Aldrich, Kenan professor and director of graduate studies in sociology, is intrigued by the growing number of women business owners. He’s found that even though women own a third of United States businesses, they are still shadowed by the pervasive notion that they do not manage like men.
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27467
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Women in North Carolina are entering the local meat business at a rate well above the national average. This year Orange County hosted the third Women Working in the Meat Business Conference. Attendees learned about farming, raising livestock, butchering meat, and new entrepreneurial opportunities.
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27537
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Christine Garvin was stricken with chronic illness, but used the challenge as a springboard into her inspirational Asheville business called Christine Garvin Dance+Transform. Garvin teaches dance and developed a signature program called Metamorphosis. This program takes participants on a self-healing journey using mind, body and soul techniques.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 14 Issue 1, January 2017,
p96-97, por
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27993
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The Federation of Woman’s Exchanges was established in 1934 to promote the art of handicrafts and to provide a marketplace for women. The exchanges were formed based on a self-help ideology and women’s volunteerism, and continue to operate today. Saints Creations in New Bern is a member of the Exchange, and offers opportunity to exchange local handmade items.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 9 Issue 1, May 1996,
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29122
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The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is under new leadership with the first women to lead to the business-development group, Adrienne Cole.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017,
p36, 38, por
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29127
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Prabhavathi Fernandes spent over three decades developing drugs for bacterial infections. On the brink of developing a treatment for pnemonia, Fernandes' Chapel Hill-based Cempra, Inc. was halted by federal regulators. Although Fernandes abruptly left the company, Cempra seeks to rebound.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017,
p78-81, por
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30187
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The Duke Energy chief, Lynn Good, is one of twenty female CEOs in the S&P 500 and a member of an even more elite group of women who hold the dual role of CEO and chairman of the board. The Charlotte-based utility serves millions of customers in the Carolinas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. In an interview, Good discusses lessons learned and how she manages her time.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 5, May 2016,
p24-25, il, por
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31548
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Of the nearly three-hundred local directors that guide the individual electric cooperatives in North Carolina, only eight are women. This article profiles each of the women, discussing their background and contributions to decision-making. The eighth woman, Alice Edmondson Wilson, recently became the first woman elected to the board of Edgecombe-Martin County EMC.
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32213
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For the past twenty-eight years, Ruth Dunn Cherry has given her time and talent in helping rural people lead more satisfying and fruitful lives. Because of her many contributions, Cherry was given the 1969 Woman of the Year Award in service to rural families in North Carolina. This article describes Cherry’s work in the Farm Bureau, and contributions to women leadership, youth education, 4-H programs, and rural development.
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32513
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Estell C. Lee was recently promoted to president of both Almont Shipping Company of Wilmington and its parent corporation, Seacor, Inc. In this article, Lee discusses the presence of women in business and her background.
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34380
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Leah Wong Ashburn is president of Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, a business that was started by her father, Oscar Wong, in 1994. Since 2011, Ashburn has dedicated herself to maintaining the uniqueness of the brewery, while incorporating her own values and marketing expertise. Under Ashburn’s leadership, the brewery is committed to environmental stewardship and sustainability, and cultivates a hiring process that seeks out character over expertise.
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