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Having
It All
Mary Kay Ash, R.I.P.
By
NR Editors
From “The Week,” December 17, 2001,
issue, of National Review
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Mary Kay Ash died at 83, on Thanksgiving Day in Dallas, she left
850,000 sales consultants in 37 countries with both the independence
that comes from running their own small business and a philosophy
of personal achievement that transforms lives. She founded her cosmetics
empire in 1963, after working for 25 years in sales, because she
"just couldn't believe that a woman's brain was worth only
50 cents on the dollar." She didn't take to the streets or
convene a seminar. Instead, she made an investment of $5,000 and
launched a fleet of pink Cadillacs. Mary Kay fervently believed
that women could "have it all" if they prioritized their
lives with God first, family second, and career third. She is mourned
by the hundreds of thousands of women who realized her dream for
them.
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