Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility is the theme of this year's Women's History Month. Each March, e-magnify explores the business contributions of women past and present.

• McGinnis Sisters Special Food Stores can be described as a microcosm of the world of women in business. They recently announced the addition of a third generation to their business. Trace their roots from their father's produce stand to their current day success as nationally known specialty food stores.
  
  
• Read about American Women In Business: Displaying Entrepreneurial Spirit Through the Centuries.
  
  
• Learn how you can inspire hope and possibility by Reflecting on the Past and Acting on the Future.
  
  
• Travel with one family through The Great Depression through post 9/11 times as Pam Selker Rak, President, CommuniTech, tells her family's story of women entrepreneurs.
  
  
• View a slideshow of significant Women in Technology. (The slideshow may take a few moments to load. Please be patient.)
  

Read the inspiring stories of these pioneering businesswomen.

• Felice N. Schwartz, Founder, Catalyst
  
  
• Amelia Bloomer (1818 - 1894): The Voice of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
  
  
• Sarah B. Cochran (1857 - 1936): Queen of the Coal and Coke Era
  
  
• Harriet Hubbard Ayer (1849 - 1903): An American Society Matron, Cosmetic Entrepreneur, & Journalist
  
  
• Katherine Blodgett (1898 - 1979): An Eye (Glass) for Business
  
  
• Nellie Bly (1864 - 1922): Amazing and Pioneering Journalist
  
  
• Letitia Pate Whitehead Evans (1872 – 1953): A Coke and a Smile
  
  
• Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962): Radiant, but "Tough as nails"
  
  
• Madame C.J. Walker (1867-1919): A Self-Made Success
  
  
• Maggie Lena Walker (1867-1934): First Woman Presidnet of a Bank in the U.S.
  
  

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