This was the beginning of the Betty Crocker Kitchens. One of the best-known women of the interwar years—Betty Crocker—never existed. The Washburn Crosby Company of Minneapolis, one of the six big milling companies that merged into General Mills in 1928, received thousands of requests each year in the late 1910s and early 1920s for answers to baking questions. In 1921, managers decided that it would be more intimate to sign the responses personally; they combined the last name of a retired company executive, William Crocker, with the first name “Betty,” which was thought of as “warm and friendly.” The signature came from a secretary, who won a contest among female employees. (The same signature still appears on Betty Crocker products.)
In 1978, Johnson started her own fashion line. Her second collection did not sell well, leaving her with 3,000 pieces of spring clothing and insufficient funds to stage a 1981 fashion show to sell them and Johnson opened a retail store in the SoHo area of New York City. As of 2011, she has more than 65 stores worldwide. In 2002, Johnson was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ultimately, she underwent a lumpectomy and radiation treatment.
Is also known as unsinkable, and it was unsinkable on its departure on April 10th, 1912. And on its epic journey, a poor artist named Jack Dawson and a rich girl Rose DeWitt Bukater fall in love, until one night, their fairy tale love for one another turns into a struggle for survival on a ship about to founder to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Rose leaves her fiancé Caledon Hockley for this poor artist, but when the Titanic collides with the iceberg on April 14th, 1912, and then when the ship sinks on April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning, Jack dies and Rose survives and 84 years later Rose tells the story about her life on Titanic to her granddaughter and friends on the Keldysh and explains the first sight of Jack that falls into love, then into a fight for survival. When Rose gets saved by one lifeboat that comes back, they take her to the Carpathia with the six saved with Rose and the 700 people saved in the lifeboats. The Carpathia immigration officer asks Rose what her name is and she loved Jack so much she says her name is not Rose DeWitt Bukater, but her name is Rose Dawson.
By the early 1930s, Chanel's reputation had grown enormously and in 1931 she was paid one million dollars by Samuel Goldwin to dress the stars of many of his movies: Kathrine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor et al. However, this
People were enjoying life as these new changes gave the USA a major jump in its economy in this short period. One reason why it is accurate to call America in the 1920’s ‘The Roaring Twenties’ was because of the sudden upsurge in the film industry. 1,000 black and white silent movies were made in America. One of the most famous actors was Charlie Chaplin, who was an actor in the comedy films. Films really blossomed in the 1920s, expanding upon the foundations of film from earlier years.
She went on to win the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for her first 3 novels in the series, 2 of them winning Book of the Year honors. Her last 4 books are the fastest selling books of all time, the 7th selling 11 million copies on the release date. These statistics on the books alone force us to ask the question: What makes this series so popular? Look no further than the protagonist: Mr. Harry James Potter. The designing of his character by J.K. Rowling was pure genius in her attempt to attract adolescents.
Mary Kay, Inc. is a privately owned multi-level marketing company that sells cosmetics products directly to consumers. According to Direct Selling News, Mary Kay was the sixth largest direct selling company in the world in 2011, with net sales of USD 2.9 billion. Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. of Dallas, Texas, is an international manufacturer and distributor of skin care products, makeup items, toiletry items, accessories and hair care products. Founded in 1963 by Mary Kay Ash, a highly motivated entrepreneur, the firm experienced spectacular sales growth in its early years. Mar Kay, the world exclusive prodyct with direct-sales model，has monoplized Lancome's throne in America.
Coco Chanel Biography Coco Chanel was the first fashion designer to make it on Time magazine’s “List of 100 Most Important People” and was one of the most successful designers ever, but when she was young, she struggled with a terrible childhood. She was born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France. Her mother died of tuberculosis when Coco was only 6 years old and her father abandoned her and her 2 sisters and put them into orphanages. She was first taught how to sew by nuns there. Chanel had a small singing career before she opened her first Paris hat shop in 1910.
Every mans dream. Yes, we are talking about the most beloved doll of all time, the beautiful and perfect, Barbie. This children’s toy was first debut in 1959, and she was the ideal role model for all girls, or so it seemed. She was perfectly skinny, had a perfect boyfriend and family, perfect hair, perfect house, perfectly… perfect. Yet how was this perfect doll impacting the millions of young girls who were playing with her?
Imitation of Life is a brilliant coming of age film which brings to light the emotional turmoil caused by the deep racial divide. The story, set in New York City in the 1940s, begins when beautiful widow Lora Meredith (Turner) takes her pretty little blonde daughter, Susie, to Coney Island. There, Susie meets Sarah Jane, who is the same age and is also there with her mother, Annie Johnson (Moore). Unlike her mother, Sarah Jane does not show her mixed-race ancestry and can pass for white, which she does with fierce zeal and eagerness. In return for Annie's kindness, Lora takes in Annie and her daughter.