How Mary Kay Built an Empire Out of Other Women’s Dreams
- Posted on July 15, 2026
- By The New Yorker
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How Mary Kay Built an Empire Out of Other Women’s Dreams
Mary Kay launched her eponymous cosmetics empire in 1963, just a month after the death of her fifth husband. A new biography interrogates how the entrepreneuse sold the idea of hustle to generations of women.