Did you know that it was only 90 years ago that women finally won the right to vote? Mary Kay Ash was born 2 years before women accomplished the goal and grew up during a time when she saw women continue to be treated as second class citizens. She worked for many years in the direct sales industry while raising her children as a single mom. She learned hard truths about the treatment of women in the workforce and decided that she would start a company that would provide opportunity for any women willing to work. She was warned that the business plan and philosophy of the company she started in 1963 could never work yet it thrives almost 50 years later. Still offering women a chance to dream and succeed.
I am thankful this Thursday that I live in a time when having the right to vote is a given for me. I grew up during the years that Mary Kay was forging a path of opportunity for women to follow and I know how different life is for my daughters due to the opportunities that the women of the Suffrage movement fought so hard for and that women like Mary Kay opened the doors to career opportunities that treat women as equals. There are so many possibilities to choose from today that those women never imagined.
My message is simple to all women today. Thank your predecessors by getting out and exercising your right to vote this November. Thank the women who pushed on the glass ceiling to open opportunities unimagined by those brave women by being the best you can be at work and at home with your families. Women do have the right to do it all, they just need to choose the path that is right for them and follow it with enthusiasm. Thankfully we are able to choose.
If you are looking for an opportunity I urge you to look into Mary Kay. Mary Kay's philosophy is simple "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and place faith first, family second, and company third. If that sounds like a great plan to you, give me a call to learn how you can get started today.
Paddy Pizappi
Independent Mary Kay Consultant and Future Director
www.marykay.com/paddypizappi
845-800-7086
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