Profiles of Famous Women in Business

From Poverty to Board Room - Success Stories of Famous Women Entrepreneurs

Carol Bartz is not an Ivy League woman with an MBA. But she is woman with an attitude and an aptitude for business and people. From humble beginnings, she overcame tremendous personal hardships and disadvantages to become one of the most valuable CEOs in the nation – male or female. She battled breast cancer, fought her way up the corporate ladder, and now, at age 60, Bartz plans to make “Yahoo kick ass again.”

In 1869, Myra applied to the state bar, who rejected her. In 1870, she filed a lawsuit that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. The justices ruled against her, upholding Illinois’ right to ban woman from the state bar.

In 1868, she started the “Chicago Legal News.” In her weekly newspaper, she wrote about Illinois state court decisions, session laws, and legal reforms. Myra also reported on federal court decisions and legislative news. Her paper was a huge success and became the most widely-read legal newspaper in the country.

Profile of Kate Gosselin, a successful business woman, author, and co-star of "Jon and Kate Plus 8." Find out where Gosselin was born, married, about her battle with PCOS, her education, and professional accomplishments, and how much she earns.

More than 4 million viewers tune in to TLC each week to follow the busy life of the Gosselin family. A full production crew is on location in the Gosselin home four days each week. To facilitate filming of the show, the couple has had to endure permanent studio light fixtures being installed in their home.

Personal biography of Mrs. Lilly McDaniel Ledbetter. Her husband, children, grandchildren, and the amazing personal story of how she helped to change the law to make employers who discriminate against workers accountable for unfair wage practices.

Lilly Ledbetter was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber for nineteen years before she discovered that she was paid far less for the same work as her male peers were being paid. She filed a lawsuit against Goodyear, and after a long legal battle, her case was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court; she lost.

The battle continued with several bills being introduced to change the law. On January 29, 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Barack Obama.