Ding dong! Avon calling! : the women and men of Avon Products, Incorporated /

""Ding Dong! Avon Calling!" A whole generation of Americans can sing those words to the tune of a two-chime doorbell. The Avon Lady was made famous in the 1950s by the legion of suburban women who rang doorbells and gave away tiny lipstick samples shaped like bullets. Some would know...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Manko, Katina (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Avon Products, Inc. Cosmetics industry > United States > History. Selling > Cosmetics > United States > History. Direct selling > United States > History. Women sales personnel > United States > History. Cosmétiques > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire. Cosmétiques > Vente > États-Unis > Histoire. Vente directe > États-Unis > Histoire. Vendeuses > États-Unis > Histoire. Corporate & Business History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS. Americas (North. HISTORY. Social History. Labor & Industrial Relations. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Cosmetics industry Direct selling Selling > Cosmetics Women sales personnel United States Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

The California Perfume Company: A Formula For Sales, Motivation, And Female Entrepreneurship
"Now You Are In Business For Yourself": Representatives, Gender, And Business, 1900-1929
Agents And Agency: The Work And Business Culture Of California Perfume Company Traveling Agents, 1890S
1930S
"The Dawn Of A New Era": Introducing Avon Products And A Depression
Proof Business Strategy
The Men And Women Of Avon: City Sales And The Gender Division Of Management
"Ding Dong! Avon Calling!" Selling Women's Economic Personality In The Era Of The Feminine Mystique
Women Of Enterprise: Avon And The Women Who Wanted It All.