Read how the writer of Proverbs 31 describes the entrepreneurial woman…

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.

She works with eager hands.
She provides food for her family…
She considers a field and buys it…
She sets about her work vigorously…
She sees that her trading is profitable…
She opens her arms to the poor…
She has no fear for her household…
She is clothed in fine linen and purple…
She makes linen garments and sells them
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
She is clothed with strength and dignity;
She can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.
” Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Give her the reward she has earned,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

- Proverbs 31:10-ff

Along with many challenges facing women today in our culture…
the 21st Century also provides many avenues for personal growth, unsurpassed freedom, and opportunity never before available.