Martha Stewart Influences

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An orange jump suit, handcuffs, and a jail cell seems like the life of a criminal, but what about a celebrity worth $638 million? For five long months that life was Martha Stewarts. Though Stewart was already a famous business women, this situation caused an abundance of drama and commotion. Stewart overcame this, by serving her time and becoming better, which is something she learned from her parents and throughout college. While prison was a challenge, she overcame it, and has impacted lives all over the nation since. One of the biggest influences she had growing up were her parents, a sixth grade teacher and a pharmaceutical salesman. Both her parents worked hard for the money they earned, which they taught their six children. Not only …show more content…

She also helped her father plant the garden and helped her mother with laundry, cleaning and anything else that needed to be done (Kerns, 15). While all of these things were chores, Martha enjoyed it. When other kids were playing games, she would want to cook or garden. “She was drawn to gardening and did not mind spending hours weeding and cultivating in the hot sun,” considered the article “Martha Stewart” from the database Biography in Context. Thus, she turned her chores into a million dollar career, but first she had to get through high school. Which turned out to be simple for Stewart as she was top in her class and excelled in most …show more content…

New York University offered her a full scholarship, while Barnard College (a part of Colombia University) offered a partial scholarship, confirmed Joann Price’s book Martha Stewart a Biography. She decided on Barnard College as it was a women's school where she would be pushed, but also succeed. While in college she met Andy Stewart, a student at Yale (Biography in Context). The quickly fell for each other and married their sophomore year of college. “The Martha Stewart Timeline” from The National noted that four years later they had their only child, Alexis. Martha then used her business skills and began a Wall Street stockbroker, but quickly realized she wanted to start her own business. In 1976 she started her own catering business, which flourished leaving Martha a rising star (“Timeline”). All of which became too much for Andy Stewart to handle. After almost 30 years of the marriage the Stewarts got a divorce, but Martha only gained in popularity. She wrote a book, published a magazine, and began a television program all in the next 10 years. Her Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia company was eventually founded, making more and more people love her. However, she was a rollercoaster that had only been going up for some time, but she would soon hit a downhill

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