Market women: black women entrepreneurs: past, present, and future

This article examines the Detroit Housewives League (DHL) in the 1930s and 1940s, concentrating on DHL members’ actions as businesswomen. Past narratives have framed the DHL as an extension of the black women’s club movement or as part of the women-driven consumer movements of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly highlighting the organization’s philosophies on black women’s purchasing power. I argue that entrepreneurial DHL women brought prior business knowledge to their organizing and were significant business experts and leaders. By conducting business research, forging community networks, and, significantly, establishing commercial colleges and other forms of business education in the city, DHL members’ work was vital for the black business community as a whole and for women entrepreneurs in particular. In reframing the DHL as an organization established by black entrepreneurial women, I suggest scholars should reevaluate black women’s contributions to other forms of activism in order to recover additional histories of black women’s entrepreneurship and business leadership.

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Difficulties encountered by black women entrepreneurs in accessing training from the small enterprise development agency in South Africa

Gender and Behaviour ◽

10.4314/gab.v8i1.54676 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

G.E Chiloane ◽

W Mayhew

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Black Women ◽

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

Small Enterprise ◽

Enterprise Development ◽

Development Agency

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities Access to Digital Media

Cultivating Entrepreneurial Changemakers Through Digital Media Education - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-5808-9.ch012 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 171-189

Author(s):

Ashla C. Hill Roseboro

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

Historically Black ◽

Digital Media ◽

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Black Colleges ◽

Social Entrepreneurs ◽

Media Communication ◽

Broadband Internet ◽

Neutral Carriers

Black women entrepreneurs have invested in and supported HBCUs since their inception. Communication and technologies are not neutral carriers of information, but transport messages that are embedded in histories of capitalism, exploitation, and inequality. Black women social entrepreneurs view education as a liberating force, with the potential to bring equality within social and political culture. This study will investigate (1) the role of HBCUs in broadband internet access, (2) distance learning at HBCUs, (3) Black women entrepreneurs as charitable givers, and (4) Black alumnae social networking for economic gains. Findings will identify how Black women social entrepreneurs can develop strategies for broadband digital connectivity in conjunction with HBCUs, where digital media communication technologies are used for instruction.

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The Impact Of Geographic Location, Industry Type, Number Of Employees And Years In Business On The Economic Success Of Minority Women Entrepreneurs

Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) ◽

10.19030/jber.v3i4.2761 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Andrea E. Smith-Hunter ◽

William Engelhardt ◽

Gilbert Brookins

Keyword(s):

Native American ◽

Black Women ◽

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

Geographic Location ◽

Minority Women ◽

Sales Volume ◽

Economic Success ◽

Industry Type ◽

Dun And Bradstreet ◽

The Impact

The topic of entrepreneurship is central in both scholarly and public policy discussions of minority businesses, yet few studies have examined the factors leading to economic success for minority women entrepreneurs. This paper partially addresses the oversight by analyzing Dun and Bradstreet data on businesses owned by Asian, Hispanic, Native American, Indian and Black women, focusing on the relationship between sales volume (the dependent variable) and number of employees, years in business, race and industry type (the independent variables). The results from this paper add a new dimension to this line of research, building on previous studies that document the growing significance of entrepreneurship among minority women. The results show that there is indeed an impact on sales volume by number of employees, years in business, race and industry type.

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