Independent Beauty Consultant, Mary Kay, North Bay

Mary Kay Ash said, "God first, family second and career third. She made a career out of making life more beautiful for women and making women feel empowered and important.

The innovative, optimistic and charismatic woman fought the barriers of the male-dominated society and built a business that turned out to be her biggest achievement.

In 2000, she was named the most outstanding woman in business in the 20th century by Lifetime Television.