If you are inspired by the story of Martha Matilda Harper, a groundbreaking female entrepreneur, we invite you to share her story and innovations with your children, family, community, or colleagues.
Invite Jane Plitt, author of Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream and a seasoned consultant, to coach your organization in social entrepreneurship and best business practices. For list of upcoming events to hear Jane, you can send her an email at marthamatildaharper1888@gmail.com.
Jane was a keynote speaker at the University of Rochester, November 17, 2011, where she spoke about “Using Business for Social Change.” Check it out here.
Plitt was even invited to lecture on Martha Matilda Harper and the franchising model to businessmen and women in the Ivory Coast through the U.S. Embassy.
Read below on how the Harper story has resonated around the world:
Harper’s Franchises Inspire Ivorians
The U.S. Embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast sponsored a May 4, 2006 presentation for Ivorian businessmen and women at the new embassy. The talk was led by Harper biographer Jane Plitt in English. Not wanting to miss any
detail, participants asked that the presentation be immediately translated into French, the local language.
The excitement among participants was palpable. They were inspired, indicating that if Harper could transform her life from servant to entrepreneur so could they. Many planned to pursue franchising and work with embassy personnel promoting information about such business development.
The Harper session was captured in words and photo and then posted on the U.S. Embassy website for the Ivory Coast. A copy of the Harper biography was given by Plitt to U.S. Embassy library for use by graduate students with the inscription, “Dare to dream and dare to make those dreams come true.”
A heartwarming documentary on Martha Matilda Harper has just been released. The Marvelous Martha captures the saga of uncovering the story of how and why modern retail franchising was created and why the story was buried for decades. Could it be because this new business model was accomplished by a woman, a poor immigrant woman no less? You decide.
Delight in seeing how Martha Matilda Harper changes her life and the lives of hundreds of other poor women with historic photos of Harper, her dedicated Harperites, her family and supporters. Get ready to cheer. Perfect for individual viewing, along with associations, business, church, community, immigrant, school, and women’s groups. Ready for large screen theatres, smaller screen or individual viewing.
For rental details, email marthamatildaharper1888@gmail.com
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Help get Harper on a commemorative Postage stamp. We need overwhelming signatures to show a broad interest in finally getting Harper the recognition she deserves for being the creator of modern franchising and the path blazer who showed us how to use business for social change.
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