Sara Blakely Quotes
I've always had that gratitude that I had the opportunity to pursue my potential. So I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.
O'Connor, Clare. "Undercover Billionaire: Sara Blakely Joins The Rich List Thanks To Spanx." Forbes, Forbes Media, 7 Mar. 2012.
She was instrumental in outlawing slavery and two years after this speech she and her daughters appeared in public without the traditional Burka or veils. The conservative fundamentalists were outraged and they deposed her husband and her modern influence ended.
He was very conservative in almost all things, but here and with poverty (see {638805}) he was far ahead of his time.
Sara Treleaven Blakely is an American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She is the founder of Spanx, an American intimate apparel company with pants and leggings, founded in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2012, Blakely was named in Time magazine's "Time 100" annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. She was listed as the 93rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.