Carnival of Debt Reduction #183 - Women’s History Month

Welcome to the Carnival of Debt Reduction. I encourage you to also take a moment to head over to the Carnival of Personal Finance at Green Panda Treehouse.  She has a cool music theme going.

Since it’s also Women’s History Month, and other carnivals this week will probably celebrate St Patrick’s Day, I thought instead I’d highlight some of the more interesting successful business women through history.

“In 1875, after her husband went bankrupt, Lydia Estes Pinkham started probably the first widely successful business run by a woman in America. Her product was a medicine for “all those painful Complaints and Weaknesses so common to our best female population.”  Even though Mrs. Pinkham had been in the temperance movement, as a student of phrenology she had studied human nature, and almost 20% of her concoction was alcohol, which she said acted “as [a] solvent and preservative,” certainly solving many a problem and preserving not a few of her fellow citizens. Many similar medicines of the past used alcohol as the active ingredient, which was often the only way respectable women were able to enjoy the intoxicant.  And during the banning of alcoholic beverages in America, especially in the 1920s, the Pinkham “medicine” enjoyed its greatest success.”

Debt Reduction

DR presents 10 Lies that Got You (and Keep You) in Credit Card Debt posted at The Dough Roller.

Leave Debt Behind presents How to Pay Down Your Debts Quickly posted at Leave Debt Behind.

Taking Charge submitted a post called Radical ideas to extinguish your debt.
Shaun Connell presents Short-Term Loans Cause Long-Term Destruction posted at Short-Term Loans.

Personal Finance Analyst submitted a post called Packing a Little Extra Snow on Your Snowball.

Studenomist presents Is an Education a Debt Sentence? posted at Financial Independence in Your 20s | Studenomics.

Consolidator presents Getting Information On Debt Consolidation Loans posted at Debt Consolidation Loans For Beginners.

Destroy Debt presents Debt Snowball, Highest Interest Debt First, or Avalanche posted at Destroy Debt.

Matt Sherberg presents Choosing the Best Debt Solution posted at Debt.

JD presents The Global Debt Disease & How It Affects You posted at debthelpcreditrepairpro.com.

Mary Pickford (1893-1979)
Actress - Pickford , star of Broadway productions and silent and talking films, was loved as “America’s Sweetheart.” A very savvy businesswoman, she co-founded United Artists in 1919 with the revolutionary idea of allowing filmmakers to have total artistic control over their films. As co-owner of United Artists, Mary Pickford became a millionaire several times over. In 1928, she won an Academy Award for Coquette. She continued producing films into the 1930s.

Banking and Credit

NH discusses car loan options in Should You Use a Private Car Loan or Dealer Financing? posted at Car Loan Tips.

The Digerati Life submitted a post called HSBC Direct Online Savings Account Review: With Free ATM Bank Card.

FMF presents Free Money Finance: Chase Freedom Lowers Rewards for New Cardholders posted at Free Money Finance.

CreditCardAssist.com presents How to Keep Your Credit Cards Safe posted at CreditCardAssist.com.

apply4-credit presents How Often Do You Request a New Credit Card Number? posted at Apply For Credit.

Debt Freedom Fighter presents Looking for Low Interest Refinance Loans? posted at Discover Debt Freedom.

Mr Credit Card presents Household Bank Credit Card Review posted at Ask Mr Credit Card.

Lisa presents Saving Money with Credit Cards posted at The Budgeting Blog.

Sun presents Lending Club Adds Yield to Maturity Data to Notes posted at Earn More Invest Wisely at The Sun’s Financial Diary.

Book Reviews

J. Money presents New favorite book: “The Richest Man in Babylon” posted at Budgets are Sexy..

Economy

Jim DeSantis presents You Are A Banker And A U.S. Automaker posted at On Line Tribune | Front Page Blog. He says that some businesses are all about conspicuous consumption without regard for the consequences.

Tony presents Small Business- The Ultimate Obama Casualty posted at Biz World Blog.

Michael Haltman presents Beware The Misleading Nature Of 24 Hour Business News posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator.

Steve Bernal presents What Do They Mean When They Say “Conscious Business”? posted at What Do They Mean When They Say conscious Business?.

Raj Patel presents Laid Off? No New Job? How Bad Can It Get? posted at DebtGoal.

Katharine Graham (1917-2001)
Publisher - Graham was the first woman president of a Fortune 500 company when she became president and then publisher of the Washington Post from 1963 to 1979. In 1971, she resisted tremendous pressure and threats when she printed the Pentagon Papers. In 1972, she supported the aggressive investigation of the Watergate burglary. The Post received a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 1973. Her autobiography Personal History won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998.

Investing

MoneyNing presents Zecco vs TradeKing - Online Stock Trading Comparison posted at Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning.

Investing School presents What are Treasury Securities posted at Investing School.

Money Management

The Happy Rock presents DD’s Monthly Expenses - February 2009 posted at The Happy Rock.

kathryn presents Avoid Paying $81 Billion on Your Credit Card posted at Out of Debt - Christian Finances and Debt Help. She says “Not everyone checks their credit card statements closely, but it is likely that Juan Zamora will be looking a little closer in the future. His last fill up of his 1994 Chevy Camaro cost him around $81 billion (that was with a “b”).”

Matthew Paulson presents Tips for Fixing a Busted Budget posted at American Consumer News.

Christian Financial Help submitted a post called Family budgeting troubles?

The Smarter Wallet submitted a post called Manage Your Money Well: 5 Common Personal Financial Mistakes To Avoid.

Debbie Ducker presents Your Children and Grandchildren Must Learn to Save Money posted at Ducker Promotion Ezine.

Todd presents The Best Time To Save For College Is Before Kids! posted at HarvestingDollars.

PFCreditCards presents Why I Still Get My Bills and Credit Card Statements in Paper posted at PF Credit Cards.

Coco Chanel (1883-1971)
Fashion Designer, Fashion Executive
“Where should one use perfume?” a young woman asked. “Wherever one wants to be kissed,” said Coco.
From her first millinery shop, opened in 1912, to the 1920s, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel rose to become one of the premier fashion designers in Paris, France. Replacing the corset with comfort and casual elegance, her fashion themes included simple suits and dresses, women’s trousers, costume jewelry, perfume and textiles.

Smart Shopping

Bargaineering.com submitted a post called How To Buy Checks Online.
Momma presents 25 ways to save money and bargain shop in small towns and rural areas: part 2 posted at Engineer a debt free life.
Britannica Blog presents A “Size Zero” Pill? Too Good to Be True? posted at Britannica Blog.

Random Acts of Kindness

kathryn presents You Can Afford to Be Generous posted at Out of Debt - Christian Finances and Debt Help.

Kitty O’Neal (1946- )
Stuntwoman ( Though not in business I added Kitty because she sounds very cool.)
O’Neal is one of the world’s greatest stunt women. She drove a 48,000 horsepower car at 618 miles per hour. She jumped off a 105 foot cliff, has crashed cars, been set on fire, and jumped off a ten- story building. She has performed stunts for TV shows such as Bionic Woman and Gemini Man. In 1970, O’Neal set a world record as the fastest woman on water skis at the speed of 104.85 mph. She was a diver and competed for the US in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

References:  All information taken directly from About Women in Business and the Women’s National History Month website.

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