(034535) Plitt, Jane R. Martha Matilda Harper And The American Dream: How One Woman Changed The Face Of Modern Business. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ. Press, 2000. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 184 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. Harper created America's first retail franchise network, a radical new business model that encouraged women to own businesses. In 1888, after immigrating to the US, she pioneered the idea of a public hairdressing salon based on health- conscious precepts ISBN: 0815606389 (Harper, Martha Mati, Businesswomen, Beauty Shop Supply)
