Women & EmpowermentAs published
“I didn't get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.
— Estée Lauder
Cosmetics entrepreneur
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Photo: Clément Bardot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · Portrait: New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Sauro, Bill, photographer. (Public domain)
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