Project Gutenberg 1996-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 68 Ferber, Edna 1885 1968 Emma McChesney and Co. Broadway to Buenos Aires -- Thanks to Miss Morrissey -- A closer corporation -- Blue serge -- "Hoops, my dear!" -- Sisters under their skin -- An étude for Emma. Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. "Emma McChesney and Co." by Edna Ferber is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Emma McChesney, a strong-willed saleswoman who is navigating the competitive world of the women's fashion industry. With a keen business sense and a desire to succeed, Emma is poised to travel to South America to expand her company's reach against the rival Sans-Silk Skirt Company, led by her former colleague, Fat Ed Meyers. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Emma McChesney, whose dedication to her son and career sets the stage for her upcoming challenges. The opening chapter depicts her lively dialogue with her business partner, T. A. Buck, highlighting their dynamic partnership. Emma's determination to seize opportunities in South America is met with both skepticism and support from Buck, capturing the tension between their professional ambitions and personal concerns. The initial interactions not only establish Emma's character as a savvy and confident businesswoman but also hint at the unfolding drama between ambition, gender roles, and a budding romance that could complicate their professional lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories McChesney, Emma (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Traveling sales personnel -- Fiction Women sales personnel -- Fiction Businesswomen -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 289366 287475 2024-09-01T05:34:08.609997 2023-10-01T05:19:14.083251 text/html text/html 284077 2021-01-01T08:41:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 106947 2021-01-01T08:41:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 159361 2024-09-01T05:34:13.904993 application/epub+zip 163479 2024-09-01T05:34:09.937998 application/epub+zip 163478 2024-09-01T05:34:09.124004 application/epub+zip 299568 2024-09-01T05:34:16.951993 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288201 2024-09-01T05:34:13.341982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287905 2022-09-01T05:55:31.324561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266088 266046 2024-09-01T05:34:07.792033 2023-10-01T05:19:13.474234 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 265978 2021-01-01T08:41:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104234 2021-01-01T08:41:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19656 2024-09-01T05:34:17.087970 application/rdf+xml 14362 2024-09-01T05:34:09.472011 image/jpeg 4059 2024-09-01T05:34:09.296117 image/jpeg 159460 2024-09-01T05:34:08.639016 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia