Margaret Getchell La Forge was a female business pioneer who took New York by storm. In 1860, the smart and sassy nineteen year old was hired for a low-level position at R.H. Macy’s. Only six years later, she became the first female executive in retail history! In Hidden Gems, Margaret gets the credit she deserves for steering the iconic New York department store to its lasting success.
“Be everywhere. Do everything. And never fail to astonish the customer.”
—Margaret Getchell La Forge
About the author
Stephanie Forshee is the creator and author of the Hidden Gems for Kids series. She is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, and is a singer and songwriter.
Her children’s book series about fierce females in the business world, Hidden Gems for Kids, was successfully funded on Kickstarter in May 2022.
Stephanie co-authored In Other News: Reporters on Reporting with Rosie Downey.
She is the finance editor at Linked In. Her byline has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Morning Brew, Forbes.com, The Financial Times, Newsday, Backstage, and other top media outlets.
Stephanie is a graduate of New School University, which happens to be located at the site of the original Macy’s store that was founded in 1858.
She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her cat Tabitha.
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