Immigrant of the Day: Lillian Vernon From Germany | Founder, Lillian Vernon Corporation
Lillian Vernon From Germany | Founder, Lillian Vernon Corporation
Lillian Vernon, born in Leipzig, Germany, in 1927, is one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in history. In 1951, while four months pregnant, she decided to design monogrammed handbags and belts from her kitchen table for mail order, a modest venture for extra income that unexpectedly bloomed into a multimillion-dollar corporation. As a philanthropist, she launched the Lillian Vernon Foundation and has made major donations for education, the arts, women’s rights, and literacy.
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