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
On March 5, 2004, Martha Stewart, a successful business woman and the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia was sentenced by the jury to five months in prison at a minimum-security federal prison, another five months of home confinement along with 19 months of probation and $30,00 fine. Stewart was found guilty on four counts in what seemed to be known as white-collar crime. In this paper, I will briefly explain, identify and answer respectively in order on the three topics of, what crime did Martha Stewart commit, what evidence did the jury appear to find most convincing and whether should Stewart have received prison time. I will be using my own ideas along with the researches from reputable and credible sources to support my ideas.
Martha Dandridge was born on June 2, 1731, to Frances Jones Dandridge and Colonel John Dandridge. She was the eldest of seven brothers and sisters to come. Martha was born in New Kent County, Virginia on the Chestnut Grove plantation. She grew up among other plantation families of the Tidewater region of eastern Virginia. Martha did not receive any formal education; however, she did receive the traditional education for young women of her time. This included domestic skills and the arts rather than science and math. The skills that she learned were the skills needed to run a household. Unlike other young women in her time, Martha did learn how to read and write as a child. She had several hobbies too; such as: horseback riding, sewing, and dancing.
Throughout the past, there have been many heroes and heroines. Although they don’t all wear a cape, mask, and have superpowers; they all did something and they all have a story. Martha Washington is one of the many that stood out to me, and her story started June 22, 1731. Frances and John Dandridge were thrilled to welcome their first born child that summer day in New Kent County, Virginia. Martha was a very intelligent young lady, and one of the few women in her time who learned to read and write.
Everywhere you look, there she is. Martha Stewart has invaded every avenue of domesticity. Her "radiant presence... seems to be infinite, like that of the Almighty, or of Starbucks" (Lippert & Ferguson: 26*) The outposts of her "omnimedia empire" are quite fortified (Africannet page). Reigning over a vast technical spectrum, her multi-million, multi-media kingdom includes a magazine with a circulation of 1.2 million, a syndicated column, and a TV show with audience of 5.3 million, but she does not have an official web site (Lippert & Ferguson: 26). There are numerous webpages that fans and foes have dedicated to her.
...ause of her set out to do something she was passionate about. She gave her research a chance. Although it took more to authenticate her work, she did that in
Lallie's childhood truly influenced her sense of happiness. "I had a wonderful childhood, she said. "I was the only child and I had complete freedom. I was able to roam the countryside of New Mexico on my horse, and I only had to come home to eat. My dad was a lumberman and worked at the sawmill. It was hard to keep a teacher in the sawmill, because they would leave half way through the year. So my mom became my teacher from grades 3 throug...
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” (Marilyn Monroe).
...n high school and she was striving for big goals, working hard to achieve them, and overcoming countless obstacles. Even when her father stole that piggy bank money she did not give up. Her purpose in life helped transfer her into adulthood. Without this determination and sacrifice, seceding into a successful adult would have been much more challenging.
She started with nothing, being the poorest of poor and grew to be a media giant. She overcame poverty, neglect, sexual abuse and racism. Through it all she never gave up and this is why she will inspire others to do the same.
Although Martha did have different jobs to do, her real job was being a midwife. She got paid high for a woman at this time and she was a well respected person in the town. This job was the most demanding and it?s not like...
Martha Washington was born on June 2,1731. She grew up in New Kent County, Virginia and was the first of eight children born to John Dandridge and Frances Jones. With this many children, there had to be a lot of strict rules which John and Francis expected their children to follow. Education was also valued and Martha was tutored, along with her siblings. After age twelve, martha quit tutoring and began learning the basic house chores. In her free time, Martha would sew, knit, and help her mother cook.
As the youngest of five children she was often overlooked. The pride of the family often overrode the opportunity to receive health care, handouts and a decent chance to become something. My mother spent her childhood in a tiny house with her family and many relatives. She was never given the opportunities to excel in learning and life like my generation has. My grandfather was a carpenter and on that living fed many hungry mouths. But despite this already unfortunate lifestyle my mother maintained good grades and was on a path to overcoming her misfortune.
Martha Stewart has risen to national prominence as the ultimate host, media star and designer. She crafted a unique brand and built it into a multibillion-dollar business empire. She was charged, convicted and served prison time for insider trading, becoming one of the most famous felons of her generation. Stewart then rebuilt her prominent status after this fall from grace and retained her leadership role in the public company she founded. Her resilience has been an inspiration to millions of adoring fans across all demographics. Stewart did not just break the glass ceiling, she shattered it. Evolving from model to culinary superstar, to publishing mogul, she has redefined what is possible for women to achieve. She has done it all and true to her brand, she has made it look easy and effortless along the way.
her life. She longed to live an independent life, but struggled to earn a living wage with the jobs she
Equally important are the standard my mother has set for us she has taught us that if you set your goals high then it gives you something to reach for. She also believes that you can do anything you set your mind on. We never went to the schools in our district because my mother wanted to enhance our education. She would say that just because you don’t have money doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have just as good of an education as the well to do. She sent us to Catholic School for a few years till the expense got to be too much and then switched us to a good school in Chandler. We are not allowed to get a grade lower than a C if we do we lose something that is of importance to us, till we bring our grade ba...