Beauty Packaging Staff08.18.20
Mary Kay Ash, business executive and philanthropist, was named among the honorees in USA Today’s Woman of the Century USA Today 100, a list of female icons in entertainment, politics, civil rights, sports, arts, science and business who “made the largest impact on American society in the last century.” The list was made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and women’s right to vote in the United States.
Fellow honorees include Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Anna May Wong, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Billie Jean King, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou and “Hidden Figures” Mary Jackson, Katherine Coleman Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan.
About Mary Kay Ash
Ash founded Mary Kay Cosmetics in 1963 following a successful career in sales. After being passed up for promotion by a man, she put her business savvy to use to build a company “by women, for women.” 57 years later, Mary Kay products and independent beauty consultants are in nearly 40 countries around the world. Before her death in 2001, Ash also founded the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, which has raised over $90 million for domestic violence victims and cancer research.
“Mary Kay was always ahead of her time,” said Ryan Rogers, chief investment officer of Mary Kay Inc. and grandson of Ash. “She would’ve been honored and humbled to be named among so many incredible women in the Women of the Century USA TODAY 100. But Mary Kay’s personal ‘top women’ list would have been much longer. She saw potential in every woman.”
Fellow honorees include Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Anna May Wong, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Billie Jean King, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou and “Hidden Figures” Mary Jackson, Katherine Coleman Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan.
About Mary Kay Ash
Ash founded Mary Kay Cosmetics in 1963 following a successful career in sales. After being passed up for promotion by a man, she put her business savvy to use to build a company “by women, for women.” 57 years later, Mary Kay products and independent beauty consultants are in nearly 40 countries around the world. Before her death in 2001, Ash also founded the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, which has raised over $90 million for domestic violence victims and cancer research.
“Mary Kay was always ahead of her time,” said Ryan Rogers, chief investment officer of Mary Kay Inc. and grandson of Ash. “She would’ve been honored and humbled to be named among so many incredible women in the Women of the Century USA TODAY 100. But Mary Kay’s personal ‘top women’ list would have been much longer. She saw potential in every woman.”
