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Avon started out as the
California Perfume Company
when founder, Mr. David
McConnell, 28 of New York, NY,
USA discovered that the rose
oil perfumes he was giving
away were the reason people
were buying his books.
The company
was named Avon in 1939, after
the river that runs through
Stratford-On-Avon in the
English Midlands. The name is
a tribute to McConnell's
favorite playwright, William
Shakespeare, who hailed from
the town.
Women have
been selling Avon since 1886 -
34 years before women in the
US won the right to vote! Mrs.
P.F.E. Albee of Winchester,
New Hampshire pioneered the
company's now-famous
direct-selling method, and her
name is still honored today in
the company. Avon's sales
Representatives - men and
women - to now number almost
five million, and Avon
products are sold in over 100
countries around the world.
