ABSTRACT
The fastest growing women-owned business of the 1990s .........................233 Emerging from the recession: the growth of public/private partnerships .......................................................................................................234
Will women crack the “concrete” ceiling?......................................................234 Real estate — development: a last frontier for women?..............................235 The post-war era: the invisible woman ..........................................................236 Engineering and architecture: a lonely path in the early years..................236 The 1970s — women’s liberation and affirmative action ............................238 Business booms and women thrive in the 1980s ..........................................239
“Women suppliers were new at first. Now there are women at every facet of the job site. You won’t find that quizzical look of ‘what is she doing here?’ anymore when you see a woman engineer,” said Henry Estrada, vice president of community relations with Tishman Construction Company. He says that the climate has changed.
