Profiles of Female Genius: Thirteen Visionary Women Who Changed
the World  Gene N. Landrum, Author Gene N. Landrum, Author
Prometheus Books $29.98 (437p) ISBN 978-0-87975-892-9 Reviewed
on: 07/04/1994 Release date: 07/01/1994 Landrum, a marketing
specialist who wrote a study of male entrepreneurs, Profiles of
Genius , here turns his attention to 13 successful women he
views as geniuses. Limited to those who developed original and
influential concepts during the past 40 years and did not
inherit or marry into their profession, Landrum's choices are
drawn from diverse fields, including fashion (Liz Claiborne and
Lillian Vernon), politics (Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher),
entertainment (Madonna and Oprah Winfrey) and philosophy (Ayn
Rand). The author's analysis of the factors that supposedly
account for his subjects' abilities are presented in a
frequently oversimplified pop psychology format. Landrum argues
that these women generally are born first among their siblings,
had self-employed fathers, and attended