Panel Discussions about the Exhibition
This panel explores how the exhibition changes our understanding of women’s roles in American economic history.
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  America's Enterprising Women Intro 3:48
    Dean Drew Gilpin Faust  
  The Enterprising Women Project 11:35
    Professor Virginia G. Drachman  
  Business History 8:21
    Associate Professor Mary Yeager  
  Women and the Industrial Revolution 15:54
    Professor Nancy Koehn  
  Feminism and Women's History 14:23
    Professor Kathy Peiss  
  Audience Question and Answer 9:39
 
Exploring the Exhibition
These video vignettes, with biographical commentary by exhibition curator Edith Mayo, explore the lives of four of the approximately forty businesswomen featured in the Enterprising Women exhibition.
 
  Mary Katherine Goddard 2:28
    Declaration of Independence  
  Lydia E. Pinkham 2:32
    Vegetable Compound  
  Madam C. J. Walker 3:32
    African-American Haircare  
  Olive Ann Beech 2:30
    Beech Aircraft  
Remarks by Pamela Thomas-Graham
Pamela Thomas-Graham, president and CEO of CNBC, focuses on the new roles of women in the corporate world and her personal career path.
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  Introduction of Pamela Thomas-Graham 3:19
    Dean Drew Gilpin Faust  
  Women as Financial Foundation 5:12
  Women as Corporate Conscience 6:38
  CNBC 3:30
  Conclusion 2:08
  Audience Question and Answer 10:40
 
Women and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary America
A panel discussion on women entrepreneuers and the issues they confront in contemporary America.
  Women and Entrepreneurship Introduction 3:38
    Linda Hill  
  Social Worker to Entrepreneur 9:18
    Joline Godfrey  
  Business Development at Nickelodeon 9:22
    Taran Swan  
  Women's Sports Foundation 5:06
    Donna Lopiano  
  Interaction Among Panelists 17:50
  Audience Question and Answer 20:34

Women Without Money: Bankruptcy and Poverty
A panel discussion on women moving from welfare to work, the consequences of welfare reform, and middle class women and bankruptcy..
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  Women Without Money Introduction 1:57
    Dean Drew Gilpin Faust and Katherine S. Newman  
  Welfare to Work 12:54
    Carol Stack  
  Consequences of Welfare Reform 23:51
    Elijah Anderson  
  Middle Class Women and Bankruptcy 22:20
    Elizabeth Warren  
  Audience Question and Answer 15:29
 
Women as Commodities: The Value of Gender
A panel discussion on surrogate motherhood, the global sex trade, and the genteel marriage market.
  Women as Commodities Introduction 4:54
    Dean Drew Gilpin Faust and Michael Sandel  
  Surrogate Motherhood 19:16
    Elizabeth Anderson  
  Sex Workers 14:59
    Leah Platt  
  The Genteel Marriage Market 19:51
    Mary Gordon  
  Interaction Among Panelists 18:01
  Audience Question and Answer 8:56
Women Across Time and Space
Presentations and discussions on the successes and challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in other eras and across the globe.
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  Introduction 5:51
    Dean Drew Gilpin Faust and Jane Mangen  
  Female Brewsters in Medieval England 20:02
    Professor Judith Bennett  
  Peruvian Indian Market Women 20:20
    Professor Linda Seligmann  
  Economic Roles of African Women 14:13
    Professor Claire Robertson  
  Professor Akyeampong Comments 6:19
    Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong  
  Audience Question and Answer 16:20
 
Entrepreneurship and Social Change
A case study of how self-employed women in India organized to form the Self-Employed Women's Association, or SEWA— a powerful entity promoting economic and social change.
  SEWA and Social Change in India 8:43
    Introduction by Martha Chen  
  India's Self-Employed Women Workers 12:39
    Founding Director of SEWA, Ela Bhatt  
  Entrepreneurship: A Need for Survival 8:35
  Collective Strength through Struggle 7:38
  Investing in the Working Poor 12:07
  SEWA Stories: Making a Difference 9:37
  Conclusion: Women, Money, and Power 7:19