Dolly Parton Accomplishments

What woman could be born to a family with 12 kids, live in a one room cabin and still be one of the richest women in the world? Of course, it's the highly successful singer, songwriter, and actress Dolly Parton. Born in 1946, Dolly Parton is a self made millionaire who has written songs like “9-5”, “Jolene”, and “I Will Always Love You”. She also owns the successful theme park “Dollywood” and she has started many foundations and given back to her community and the world with her large fortune. Dolly Parton deserves to be on a stamp because she has positively changed the entertainment industry, she has many accomplishments, and she has made many charitable contributions to society.

Dolly Parton has changed the entertainment industry in many

One of her first and many accomplishments is that she has been very successful in the entertainment industry since a young age. Dolly started performing as a child and by the time she was a teenager, she was singing on local radio and television shows. She moved to Nashville in the early 1960s and signed a record deal and she quickly became well-known for her unique style and powerful vocals: “With her first single on Goldband Records at age 13, a publishing deal with Tree Publishing just a couple years later, Dolly’s recording deal with Mercury Records was the next step towards her journey to stardom” (dollyparton.com). In the 60s, it wasn't super common for child stars to get as popular as Dolly. Especially because of her background and her disadvantages, it shows how spectacular of a singer Dolly is that she got so famous at such a young age. Another one of her many accomplishments is all of her awards. According to loc.gov, “her many awards--more than two dozen albums gone gold, platinum or double platinum, an Academy Award nomination, Emmy and Golden Globe award nominations, countless Grammy nominations, and eight Grammy Awards, as well as dozens of People's Choice and Country Music Association awards.” Dolly has had great success throughout her career and she has earned many awards because of her amazing music. Dolly’s music and work has made a huge impact on the world

While Fred Rogers has helped educate lots of children, not every child has access to his show. Nearly 1 in 10 people cannot afford to eat dinner everyday, nonetheless buy a TV and a cable network to watch his show. As shown in this quote: “At last count, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library mails books to more than 1.3 million children each month” (readbrightly.com), Dolly Parton helps educate those children who can't afford to watch his shows or get his resources to learn. She sends them resources and helps educate millions of disadvantaged children around the world. Even though people might say that Fred Rogers is equally as famous as Dolly Parton, this is just not true. Although Fred Rogers used to be very famous, many kids in generation Z and alpha don't know who he is and Dolly Parton is more well known. Furthermore, Mr Rogers Neighborhood has not been aired since 2001 so many young kids have never seen him before. Even though the spinoff show Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is still running, most kids don't even realize it has any connection whatsoever to Mr Rogers. It also might seem that Fred Rogers shows and books are very popular in children's entertainment. While this is true and the show “Mr Rogers” does benefit children and help educate them, Dolly Parton's music and shows appeal to a variety of people with different ages, not just