Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Anne Rutledge

Titles: Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Anne Rutledge (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Anne had been a stockholder since the initial offering of stock by Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. [MWP] She was an early business consultant, and MWP contracted with her company for consulting. Anne was on the MWP advisory board for much of its existence. She wrote the Minnesota Women's Network column for MWP. She had participated in two book groups, and was a subscriber to BookWomen. Also she had advertised in both the newspaper and the directory. Anne started and operated several small businesses in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early consulting projects with MWP; objectives of stockholder investment; description of stockholder meetings; dividend practices; lack of business expertise of founders; advisory board meetings; MWP and profit; employee compensation practices and problems; MWP and feminism; column for Minnesota Women's Network; MWP as an institution; longevity of MWP; feminist business; impact of MWP.

Dates

• 06/17/1999 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Rutledge, Anne
• interviewer: Brewer, Kathryn Balstad

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 75
• Accession Number: AV2001.34.30

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project' <OH 75>

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 19 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

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