Archive for August 14th, 2007

Struggling Young Mom Began Restaurant Chain

The Indianapolis Star:
Ruth’s Chris Steak House got its start in New Orleans, led by Ruth Ann Udstad Fertel.
It was 1958 when Fertel’s husband delivered a bombshell. He told her he was leaving.
To support her two sons, she took a position as a lab technician at Tulane University Medical School making about $10,000 a year. By [...]
Baby Service Gives Mom Quality Time

Lower Hudson Online:
With many Westchester families needing two working adults just to make ends meet, finding the time to set up a nursery and surf the Internet for the best midwives is a challenge.
With this idea in mind Vera Kessler started Nursery 101, a baby consulting business that serves the Lower Hudson Valley and parts [...]