Women Rise in the Flooring Industry

Happy 70th Anniversary to Floor Covering Weekly magazine. It’s hard to imagine our industry at any point without the presence, reporting and support of our trade media. Can you imagine what our industry looked and felt like in 1952? For fans of Mad Men or the interiors of midcentury Dalton, our industry allowed our Southern town to be a gateway of design to and from the world. Many industries have had the reputation of being an old boys’ club, and I certainly am not suggesting otherwise, but I am saying that the carpet industry did have more than its share of influential women. It may have something to do with the fact that our floor covering industry is the only industry worldwide that was begun by women.