First edition of this practical guide for women interested in entering the professional world, advising on how best to market one's skills and addressing the wage gap — in particularly nice condition.
Near fine.
Price: $500.00
"Why should not marriage, motherhood and home be included in the life program of the business woman as it is in the plans of the business man? She need not sacrifice anything that will enrich life."
In THE AMBITIOUS WOMAN IN BUSINESS, Ann Rosenblatt (writing as Eleanor Gilbert) touches on numerous topics that still affect women in the workplace, including the wage gap, the difficulties of asking for a raise, and the perception that a working woman cannot also be a wife and mother. This title directs women to resources and advice about entering the field or navigating it at a higher level (see the "Women as Business Executives" chapter), from personal anecdotes to an extensive bibliography of books about business. Rosenblatt also wrote a regular advice column under her Gilbert pseudonym, "For Women Who Earn," which appeared in the PITTSBURGH DAILY POST, the SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, and THE TENNESSEAN, among other papers.
This copy of THE AMBITIOUS WOMAN IN BUSINESS contains the ownership inscription of Margaret A. Price, and is dated July 20, 1917. As early as 1900, we find Price working as a bookkeeper in Pittsburgh; by 1920, she is working as an office clerk, and by 1930 she is a stenographer. This copy, which was owned by someone in Rosenblatt's target audience, is in unusually attractive condition; many copies of this title tend to be ex-library.
New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1916. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Black topstain. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece with two black-and-white plates and three folding tables. 394 pages, including index. Owner name "Margaret A. Price" and two addresses to front flyleaf. Binding with a hint of edgewear, corners and spine ends a bit bumped; a couple tiny spots of soil to boards. Front hinge starting, but sound.
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