Evelyn Lauder

Evelyn Lauder was the daughter in law of the famous Estee Lauder. Evelyn went to work for her mother-in-law's company back when it only sold six products. Evelyn Lauder was a visionary, a truly magnificient woman. Evelyn Lauder went on after being an executive at Estee Lauder to found Clinique and wore a white lab coat that is now famously worn by Clinique salespeople all over the US and the world. Being the typical girly girl that I am, I of course love Estee Lauder products and Clinique products so already this woman is impressive to me!

However, beyond Evelyn Lauder's brains and beauty was something far more important to me--her efforts in combating breast cancer. Evelyn Lauder founded the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Pink Ribbon Campaign. Through her efforts both personally and through the Estee Lauder brand, Evelyn Lauder raised millions and millions of dollars to fight a cause that is so important to so many women.

However, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars Evelyn raised, on November 12, Evelyn lost her battle to ovarian cancer. The world has truly lost an amazing woman. May her efforts and legacy live on through all the breast cancer survivors and to all those who fight to find a cure for the disease that kills so many women every year.