Anita Roddick

About

Activist and businesswoman who was the founder of cosmetics company The Body Shop. She pioneered ethical consumerism.

Before Fame

She worked for the United Nations. She founded Children On The Edge, an orphanage organization for disadvantaged children in eastern Europe and Asia.

Trivia

She was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Elizabeth II in 2003.

Family Life

She married Gordon Roddick with whom she had two daughters.

Associated With

She was named the third most inspirational role model by a 2005 Shell liveWIRE survey. Richard Branson was first.