M.F.K. Fisher

"It seems to me that our three basic needs,
for food and security and love, are so entwined
that we cannot think of one without the other."

M.F.K. Fisher
Author and winner of the 1978 Grande Dame Award
So unlike female-authored cook books of its era (1937),
“Serve It Forth” was thought to be written by a man.

Marian Wright Edelman

"Service is the rent we pay for living."

Marian Wright Edelman

American activist for the rights of children,

founder and president of the

Children's Defense Fund,

now in its fourth decade.

Bobbi Brown

“Beauty isn’t about looking perfect. It’s about celebrating your individuality.”

Bobbi Brown
Makeup artist and CEO of Bobbi Brown Professional Cosmetics
Actively involved with & major financial supporter of
Dress for Success & Jane Addams High School for Academic Careers

Dr. Mae Jemison

“Your life’s work accumulates every day, every second you’re
around.”

—Dr. Mae Jemison

Chemical engineer, scientist, physician, teacher & astronaut who blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, September 12, 1992