Martha Stewart

• Martha Stewart was born on August 3, 1941. 
• Within her household perfection was expected
• Martha used food as art
• Also known as Martha Dearest
• Close to her father
• Her teachers thought she was a dream student
• Martha was great at math science and excelled in art
• She was the top student within her class 
• First girl to take advanced mathematics
• Martha's father could not afford to pay for her college tuition
• Got into modeling
• Chairperson of her prom
• Went to college in new york, Barner college
• Continued modeling to pay her tuition
• 1961 softmore year
• got home slept less and less
• 10 best dressed college students - martha sent in her portfolio and won first place       
• andy 23 year old student at yale to become a lawyer
• married after 2 years , she was 19
• dropped out of school
• worked full time as a model
• help to pay for andy's schooling
• martha's parents werent excited about it
• began liking him because of how comfortable he felt even with his European background
• Martha and Andy went to Europe,
• went back to barmen to finish her degree
• began buying antique furniture/decoration
• quality was there thing
• 1965 martha had a baby, alexis
• 1968 1971 martha was comanding a six figure standing
• moved to westport
• in 1975 martha put an ad in the paper as a caterer
• launching her business
• perfection was what she strived to accomplish
• at 68 her father passed away
• how to entertain with flare published in 1982
• 1986 successful author, caterer
• Became obsessed with her business and had less time for her family
• Many people critized her
• The more successful she became the more demanding she was
• Andy divorced her
• 1993 made her own TV show