She Sells Seashells by the Seashore: Biographies of 12 Entrepreneurial Women

By Lawrence Jean-Louis

Along what is now part of the Jurassic Coast, there lived a girl named Mary Anning who inspired not only the title of this book, but the tongue twister of the same name. She was born in 1799, and grew up collecting fossil specimen along with her father and older brother. Mary Anning would be credited with the discovery of the fi

• Language: English
• Publisher: eBrand Me
• Release date: Aug 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781087973029

Lawrence Jean-Louis

Born in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, with a fondness for both breaking things to see how they work, Lawrence is an insurance broker, a beaded jewelry artist and working towards building a money management firm by 2030. Her favorite artists include Jackson Pollock, Piet Mondrian, Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Alexander Calder, Johannes Vermeer, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Connect with her at lawrencejeanlouis.com, on Goodreads, Amazon, or Twitter.

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Lawrence Jean-Louis

Text copyright © 2022 by Lawrence Jean-Louis

Cover illustrated by Luisa Galstyan

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This book is dedicated to the women who’ve built successful businesses, created jobs, or simply were entrepreneurs whose business was perfecting their art. It’s also dedicated to the future generations who’ll follow in their footsteps.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Annie Turnbo: Founder of Poro College & Pioneer Manufacturer of Cosmetics Products

CHAPTER 2 Madam C.J. Walker: From the Cottonfields to Building a Beauty Business Empire

CHAPTER 3 Olive Ann Beech: The First Lady of Aviation

CHAPTER 4 Amelia Simmons: Author of American Cookery, the First American Cookbook

CHAPTER 5 Frida Kahlo: The Iconic Unibrowed Mexican Artist

CHAPTER 6 Mary Anning: The Girl Who Found the First Complete Ichthyosaurus

CHAPTER 7 Josephine Baker: The Black Venus from Boxcar Town

CHAPTER 8 Lorraine Hansberry: Playwright, Dramatist, Activist

CHAPTER 9 Hetty Green: Queen of American Finance

CHAPTER 10 Madam C.J. Walker: From the Cottonfields to Building a Beauty Business Empire

CHAPTER 11 Mahalia Jackson: Didn’t It Rain Gospel Songstress

CHAPTER 12 Helena Rubinstein: The Polish Eagle of the Beauty Industryd

FURTHER READING

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for your purchase of She Sells Seashells by the Seashore, the second in the Notable People in History series. Following That's Just My Baby Daddy! 12 Men Who've Contributed Greatly to Society, which shared aspects of the lives of Archimedes, Galileo Galilei, Albert Einstein, Ctesibius, Heron of Alexandria, Stefan Banic, Chiune Sugihara, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett... She Sells Seashells by the Seashore pays its respects to 12 entrepreneurial women.

It's a celebration of Annie Turnbo Pope Malone, Madam C.J Walker, Olive Ann Beech, Amelia Simmons, Frida Kahlo, Mary Anning, Josephine Baker, Lorraine Hansberry, Hetty Green, Maggie Walker, Mahalia Jackson, and Helena Rubinstein... women who’ve made a lasting impact across science, beauty, banking, aviation, the arts and more.

The title is inspired by a girl named Mary Anning who lived in 1800s England along what is now called the Jurassic Coast. She’s credited with discovering the first complete ichthyosaur fossil and was a self-taught paleontologist. Following the death of her father, Richard Anning, a cabinet maker and fossil collector, Mary Anning would take over the family business. The majority of her finds ended up in museums and personal collections without proper credit being given to her as the discoverer of the fossils.

Women play an important role in the global economy. As recently as 2018, 104 economies still have laws preventing them from working in specific jobs, 59 economies have no laws on sexual harassment in the workplace, and in 18 economies, husbands can legally prevent their wives from working.

According to UN Women, globally, over 2.7 billion women are legally restricted from having