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TITLE New Economic Realities: The Role of Women Entrepreneurs. Hearings before the Committee on Small Business. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session (April 26-27, May 10, 11, 17, and 19, 1988). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Small Business. PUB DATE 88 NOTE 793p.; Serial No. 100-53. Document contains some small type. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Viewpoints (120) -- Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090)

%DRS PRICE MF05/PC32 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adults; Business Administration; Economic Development; Economics; *Entrepreneurship; *Equal Opportunities (Jobs); *Females; Government Role; Hearings; Policy Formation; Program Development; Public Policy; *Sex Discrimination; *Small Businesses IDENTIFIERS Congress 10Gth; Small Business Administration

ABSTRACT This document contains transcripts of oral and written testimony given at six days of Congressional hearings on women entrepreneurs, held in April and May 1988. Many of the witnesses were women who run successful companies that they started by themselves, in a variety of fields, from service industries to construction and manufacturing. Other witnesses were representatives of the National Association of Women Business Owners and of groups such as nonprofit economic development corporations. The witnesses' testimony centered on the difficulties women entrepreneurs face in starting businesses, gaining access to capital, working through Small Business Administration (SBA) red tape, and trying to win bids for government contracts. Testimony supported legislative ideas for setting up commissions on women, for making federal contracts more accessible, and for persuading banks to end discrimination. It was also pointed out that corporations and the country as a whole are missing a vital force for economic development by denying some women the chance to move up in their firms. Testimony supported easier access to the SBA, more government contracts for women-owned businesses, and stronger antidiscrimination regulations. (KC)

Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. NEW ECONOMIC REALITIES:THE ROLE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

re% HEARINGS O BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 26 AN,/ 27; MAY 10,11, 17. AND 19, 1988

Printed for the use of the Committeeon Small Business

Serial No. 100-53

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BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS JOHN JLAFALCE, New York,Chairman NEAL SMITH, Iowa JOSEPH M McDADE, Pennsylvania HENRY B GONZALEZ, Texas SILVIO 0 CONTE, Massachusetts THOMAS A LUKEN, Ohio WM S BROOMFIELD, Michigan IKE SKELTON, Missouri ANDY IRELAND, Florida ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky JOHN HILER, Indiana NICHOLAS MAVROULES, Massachusetts DAVID DREIER, California CHARLES HATCHER, D FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR , Virginia RON WYDEN, Oregon JAN MEYERS, Kansas DENNIS E ECKART, Ohio DEAN A GALLO, New GUS SAVAGE, Illinois J ALEX McMILLAN, North Carolina NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia LARRY COMBEST, Texas ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California RICHARD H BAKER, Louisiana JIM COOPER, Tennessee JOHN J RHODES III, Arizo