Martha Stewart A Biography
Synopsis
In our fame-crazed culture, she's known as a diva of domesticity, entrepreneur, media magnate, and a living brand. She has legions of fans and at the same time, many detractors. To her fans, Martha Stewart is a homemaking maven, the do-it-yourself doyenne. To her detractors, she's taken the American woman backwards, espousing an unobtainable ideal. Love her or hate her, this much is true: Martha Stewart is a self-made woman who has risen from her modest upbringing to become one of the most successful and wealthiest businesswomen in history. This intriguing biography provides a balanced portrait of Martha Stewart's professional and personal life, from her childhood as the oldest daughter in a family of six children to her brief career as a securities trader, to becoming a bestselling author in the 1980s and CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in the 1990s. At the height of her power, Stewart was convicted of lying to investigators about a stock sale. Author Joanne F. Price documents the twists and turns of the trial, Stewart's five-month prison term, the highly publicized comeback following her release from prison in March 2005.Book details
- Series:
- Greenwood Biographies
- Author:
- Joann F. Price
- ISBN:
- 9780313084294
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780313338939
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- 7-17
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2023-08-02
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2007
- Copyright by:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies