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Mary Kay Ash BY: Connie Clifton MGMT 1115 July 20, 2016 Mary Kay Ash was born May 12, 1918, in Hot Wells, Texas and died in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 2001. She was married three over her life span. She had three children by her first husband, Ben Rogers. Their names were Richard, Ben and Marylyn. Mary Kay divorced Ben after he returned home from World War II. Her second husband died in 1963 from a heart attack just one month after they were married. Mary Kay married her third husband in 1966, his name was Mel Ash, and they remain married until his death in 1980. Mary Kay left her traditional workplace after watching men she had trained get promotions over her. http://www.biography.com/people/mary-kay-ash-197044#personal-life …show more content…

She wanted to help other women in the mainly male-dominated business world, so she set out to write a book to help women survive in this type business. With this in mind her book contained two lists, one contained things the companies had done right that she had experienced first-hand in companies she had worked in. The other listed things they could have done to make working in the business much better. After she finished and read what she had written, realized that she had unintentionally created a plan for marketing a company she started. She hopes were that this company would provide women with endless potential and the chance to achieve personal and financial success. With this in mind, with the help of her middle son, Richard who was 20-years-old at the time and $5,000, which was her life saving; Mary Kay started the journey of her dream company selling cosmetics on Friday, September 13, …show more content…

Mary Kay Foundation supports Domestic Violence shelters and cancer research and other related causes. Since around 1996, the foundation has awarded $37 million dollars to the domestic violence programs in all of our 50 states, and $22 million dollars to cancer programs throughout the U.S. In Canada $300,000 dollars has been awarded to domestic violence women's shelters and outreach programs. Over 100,000 women fighting cancer have benefitted from the Foundation's work with Look Good Feel Better Program. The Foundation also helps the Asia-Pacific region with support to educate girls so they can hopefully put an end to domestic violence. It donates funds to help provide computers for less fortunate girls in India, building libraries in Korea for children, funding education in China for girls who live in poverty. In Europe Mary Kay’s Foundation focus is still on women and children. Efforts include the foundations commitment to breast cancer awareness and care in the Ukraine. Mary Kay’s work in Spain is an anti-trafficking organization. The European region focuses on children with disabilities. In Kazakhstan their contributions help with surgeries for children with hearing disabilities and in Russia it helps with operations for children who have facial injuries, this is a free surgery for them. Finally, in

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