Elizabeth Marshall Thomas was born September 13, 1931 to Laurence K. Marshall, founder of Raytheon Corporation, and Lorna McLean Marshall. She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduated from Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1949, and then attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. After one year at Smith, her father retired from Raytheon and led
Elizabeth Arden (1878–1966) was known for founding and operating a chain of high-end beauty spas, Maine Chance, and beauty salons, marked by her trademark red door. She is credited with establishing makeup as proper for a ladylike image during a period when such use associated the wearer with the lower classes and unrespectable professions; this
Elizabeth Mitchell Altmaier, a native New Yorker, was born in 1952 to a father who was an engineer and a mother who was a homemaker. Unlike her brothers, for whom working careers were simply an expected eventuality, Altmaier was encouraged by the urgings she received during her educational experiences to explore her potential as a