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"A woman's place is in the home" was the common social wisdom which, for centuries, effectively cut off any opportunity for women to compete in the world of business.

Thankfully, the bad old days of the cult of domesticity that ruled throughout the 19th century are now long over. Even in to the 20th century, (as women staged an historic battle for the right to the vote) a women's proper place in society was still being heavily influenced by tenets that dictated "piety, purity, and submissiveness" as the proper roles of women as loving mothers and dutiful wives.

Today, women mean business - and they're not afraid to share tips and techniques for starting up, growing and maintaining their own small or home business. Creative, resourceful, and with the staying power to fulfill a business dream or career goal, women are doing it for themselves by starting up and managing businesses worldwide.

Around the Web, check out related resources and support for women in business at top sites offering expert tips and advice, , message boards, how-to's, links and resources.

Online Women's Business Center - Top-notch resources include a virtual seminar on starting, building and maintaining your small business together with news, message board, hot topics, listings of local U.S. Small Business Administration addresses and related information.

WSSLinks: Women in Business - Excellent compilation of resources to related sites prepared by the Association of College and Research Libraries including associations, organizations and centers, biographies of prominent business women, directories of women owned businesses, discussion forums, and resources for business start ups.

Women in Business - Inc.com guide with how-to tips & advice on start ups, business planning and funding, with related survival stories, feature articles, video and slideshows, related resources.

The Center for Women and Work - University of Massachusetts sponsored site offering a Virtual Library of annotated resources in more than 20 categories including education, training and career development, women in business, research tools.

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