Harper in the News

2001:

Today's Women magazine (Ky.) features Harper in "Social Change Can Come From Business," pp.54-55.  March

NPR's Fresh Air features book review of "Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream," Feb. 15.

American Salon features Harper, the book and the stamp campaign. January

2000:

Jane Plitt interviewed by Jane Norris of Louisville, Ky., radio station WHAS-AM, Dec. 8.

Louisville Eccentric Observer (LEO) spotlighted Harper
and the stamp campaign, Nov. 15. 

Interview with Jane Plitt, Good Morning Kentuckiana,
WHAS-TV (ABC affiliate), Nov. 18.

"Martha Matilda Harper's Formula for Success," Cosmetics and Toiletries. October

"Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream," University of Rochester alumni magazine, Rochester Review, Fall 2000.

Caller to Jean Feraca's show on Wisconsin Public Radio revealed she has the original Harper portrait that has been missing for decades. Rep. Louise Slaughter is leading effort to move the portrait to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Harper legacy spotlighted through memories of Theresa Sweeney, in Happy Times, Boyton Beach, Fla., October.

Stamp campaign endorsed by Capitol Times of Madison, Wisc., Oct. 18.

Experiences of Harper customer in Oberlin, Ohio, recalled in column, Dayton Daily, Dayton Ohio, Oct. 14.

"Give This Hero a Stamp of Approval," Sharon Stiller, president, GRAWA, Daily Record, Rochester, NY, Oct. 12.

"Stamp of Greatness," Rochester Democrat & Chronicle editorial, Aug. 21, August.

"Women Invisible in the World of Stamps," Associated Press (story ran nationwide), Aug. 20.

Story on Harper stamp, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, Aug. 17.

"A Stamp of Approval on Stamps About Women," Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 16.

"Author Tells Story of First Retail Franchiser," Fire Island News, Aug. 11-17.

"Martha Matilda Harper Spotlight," Morning Edition, National Public Radio, Aug. 7.

"Ahead of Her Time," Success magazine, July/August.

"Martha Harper Was First Retail Franchiser," The Chautauquan Daily, July 28.

"Long Before McDonald's, She Blazed the Franchise Trail," Associated Press in Milwaukee Journal, June 21.

"The Mother of Invention: Buffalo and the Birth of Franchise," Buffalo News, June 4.

"Beautiful Business Breakthrough," Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, June 4.

"Founder of Franchising in U.S. a Canadian," Associated Press in Toronto Globe & Mail, May 30.

"Entrepreneur Styles Idea of Franchises," Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 30.

"Exhibit Honors Industry Pioneer," Associated Press (story ran nationwide), May 27.

"For a Pioneering Rochester Woman: a Bio, a Reunion, an Exhibit," Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, May 25.

"Changing the Face of Business," Chicago Sun Times, May 22.

"Harper Method Transformed Servant Girls Into Businesswomen," Franchise Times, April.

"Long Before Kroc, There Was Harper," Wall Street Journal, April 11.

"Enterprise," Wall Street Journal, March 28.

"Who's the Father of Franchising?" Wall Street Journal, March 28.

1999:
 
"America's First Retail Franchise Model: The Remarkable Harper Business," Franchising World, November/December 1999.
 

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