Rachel Greenfield
American women's history, Advertising and Marketing Industries, business and consumption, 1850s-1940s
Women in Business History
Rachel Greenfield is an independent scholar whose research focuses on the intersection of women, business, and marketing in the United States during the progressive era. Her biography of Rose Knox, President of Knox Gelatine from 1908-1947, will be published by the Three Hills imprint of Cornell University Press in October, 2026. It is titled Rose Knox, How One Woman Mixed Kitchen and Boardroom to Remold an American Business.
Recent Conference Participation
| 2026 BHC Meeting:
Presenter, "Leveraging Expectations: Rose Knox, Building a National Business as a Wife and Mother in the Early 20th Century"
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