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One of Cleveland’s best known caterers and restaurant proprietors.

Founder of three important institutions: the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Musical Arts Assocation and the Cleveland Orchestra

President of her family company, C. DeSantis Paint Manufacturing Co.

American equestrienne, daredevil rider, vaudeville performer, and from 1929 to 1966 the owner and operator of Parker’s Ranch in Ohio

The architectural firm Stanley, Love-Stanley was established in Atlanta in 1978 by Ivenue Love-Stanley and her husband William J. “Bill” Stanley III

Trailblazing African American entrepreneur in Ohio

Lawyer Jennie E. Precker (1892-1981) founded the Susan B. Anthony Building and Loan Association, the nation’s first women’s bank, in Newark.

The first female officer of a major American life insurance company. She was elected for the position at Mutual Benefit.

Australian-American scholar and author and the first woman to chair a listed public company in Australia.

Businesswoman Sara Spencer Washington (1889-1953) was the founder of Apex News and Hair Company located in Atlantic City.