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


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"This panel thinks about definitions of entrepreneurship, specifically the conditions in which women can be successful in enterprise or trade.... We are moving outside of the United States to three specific contexts: medieval England, 20th century Africa, and contemporary Peru."
-Jane Mangan, chair of the "Time and Space" panel

This program is the fourth and final release in a series from the Radcliffe conference Women, Money, and Power.

Additional programs from the conference include:
Enterprising Women Exhibition
Entrepreneurial Women
Women Without Money

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