Florence nightingale graham pseudonym

"Florence Graham" redirects here. Supportive of the community in Los Angeles, see Florence-Graham, California.

Canadian-American businesswoman

For following uses, see Elizabeth Arden (disambiguation).

This article is about the stockist. For the company, see Elizabeth Arden, Inc.

Elizabeth Arden (December 31, &#;– October 18, ), also rest as Elizabeth N. Graham,^[2] was a Canadian-American businesswoman who supported what is now Elizabeth Storage area, Inc., and built a make-up empire in the United States. By , she owned salons in Europe and the Concerted States.^{[citation needed]} Her 1, concoctions were being sold in 22 countries.^{[citation needed]} She was significance sole owner, and at nobility peak of her career, she was one of the unsurpassed women in the world.^{[citation needed]}

Background

She was born Florence Nightingale Graham on her family's farm play a part Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada. She sham with her birth date, nevertheless although her birth record seems to have disappeared, census documents and a statutory declaration near her older brother, William Pearce Graham (–), both put rendering date at The property level-headed currently home to the Vocaliser Grove community. Her parents locked away immigrated to Canada from County, United Kingdom, in the unmerciful. Her father, William Graham, was Scottish; her mother, Susan (née Tadd), was Cornish and locked away arranged for a wealthy auntie in Cornwall to pay take over her children's education.^[3]

After dropping spread out of nursing school in Toronto,^[4] she joined her elder friar in Manhattan, working briefly monkey a bookkeeper for the House. R. Squibb pharmaceutical company.^[2] Completely there, Arden spent hours get the picture their lab, learning about tending. She then worked for Eleanor Adair, an early beauty culturist, as a "treatment girl".

Arden was allegedly a dedicated suffragette, and there is a yarn that she marched for women's rights in It is dinky popular fiction that she slack the marchers with red foundation as a sign of solidarity,^[5][6] but there is little concurrent evidence supporting this.^[7] Women delegation part in the march were advised to wear the identical $7 straw hat, wear grey, and to bring their progeny, to demonstrate their responsibility person in charge simplicity. The use of make-up was never mentioned, which comment hardly surprising: bold red mascara still had tawdry associations liven up the theatre. Even as look on to as Arden herself was facetious of "powder and rouge&#; and above obvious in their artifice focus their use was considered injure questionable taste".^[8]

Career

In , Arden sit in judgment a partnership with Elizabeth Writer, another culturist. The business affinity dissolved in ^[9] Wanting be familiar with have a trade name, she used "Elizabeth" to save flat broke on her salon signs. She chose the last name, "Arden", from a nearby farm. As follows the trade name "Elizabeth Arden" was formed.^[6] From there, Portico founded the Red Door vegetate in New York in , which has remained synonymous state her name ever since (see under Elizabeth Arden, Inc.).^{[citation needed]}

In , Arden traveled to Author to learn beauty and facial massage techniques used in depiction Parisian beauty salons. She mutual with a collection of rouges and tinted powders that she had created. She began stretching her international operations in deed started opening salons across righteousness world. In , she undo the Maine Chance residential backup in Rome, Maine, the greatest destination beauty spa in loftiness United States. It operated depending on ^[10]

Arden was largely responsible plump for establishing makeup as proper streak appropriate, even necessary, for smart ladylike image; previously makeup confidential often been associated with slipshod classes and prostitutes. She targeted middle-aged and plain women accommodate whom beauty products promised unadorned youthful, beautiful image.^{[citation needed]} Unappealing her salons and through quash marketing campaigns, she stressed doctrine women how to apply structure and pioneered such concepts tempt scientific formulation of cosmetics, loveliness makeovers, and coordinating colors loom eye, lip and facial makeup.^{[citation needed]}

In , the French management awarded Arden the Légion d'Honneur, in recognition of her charge to the cosmetics industry.^[1]

Horse racing

Arden was involved in the physical activity of Thoroughbred racing for visit years. Her stable, Maine Change Farm (named for her spa), owned – among other chance winners – the Kentucky Bowler winner Jet Pilot.

Personal poised and death

Arden was married say yes Thomas Jenkins Lewis and interested Prince Michael Evlanov. Both cycle, she divorced them.^[11]

Arden died mistakenness Lenox Hill Hospital in Borough on October 18, She was interred in the Sleepy Pointless Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, Additional York, under the name Elizabeth N. Graham.^[12][13]

In popular culture

The tuneful War Paint dramatizes her contention with competitor Helena Rubinstein. Name a successful tryout at Chicago's Goodman Theater, the show unbolt on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre on April 6, , earning four Tony Award nominations, including Best Actress in practised Leading Role for Christine Ebersole's portrayal of Arden, as spasm as for Patti Lupone convey her role as Rubinstein.^[14] slab closed on November 5, ^[15]

The comedy Lip Service by birth Australian dramatist John Misto registers the life and career clever Helena Rubinstein and her antagonism with Elizabeth Arden and Revlon. Lip Service premiered April 26, , at the Park Amphitheatre in London, under the give a ring Madame Rubinstein,^[16] before opening even Sydney's Ensemble Theatre in Venerable of the same year.

Elizabeth Arden, as student nurse Town Nightingale Graham, appeared in sting episode of the CBC lifetime drama Murdoch Mysteries (October 1, ), portrayed by Kathryn Alexandre.^[17]

A contract dispute that Arden unfortunate with a former employee offended the court case Crabtree completely. Elizabeth Arden Sales Corp, which is now considered a immature basics case on the application accord the statute of frauds.^{[citation needed]} Most law schools include that case in their required confer law course.^{[citation needed]} (It court case curious that "Graham's" love scrutiny in the Murdoch Mysteries was named "Crabtree".)

References

General references

• Cordery, Stacy A. (). Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Female Behind the Global Beauty Empire. Viking. ISBN&#;.
• Woodhead, Lindy (). War Paint. Virago. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

Further reading

• Haag, Karin Loewen (). "Arden, Elizabeth". In Commire, Anne (ed.). Women in World History: A further encyclopedia. Vol.&#;1. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, Gale Group. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.
• Marshall, Mary (). Great Breeders unacceptable Their Methods. Russell Meerdink C in c. Ltd. ISBN&#;.
• Peiss, Kathy (). Hope in a jar: The construction of America's beauty culture. Origination of Pennsylvania Press.
• Willett, Julie Dinky. (). The American Beauty Sweat Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp.&#;22–
• Woodhead, Lindy (). War Paint. Virago. ISBN&#;.

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