Florence Nightingale (Graham) Evlanoff (1881 - 1966)

Born 31 Dec 1881 in Woodbridge, York, Ontario, Canada

Wife of Thomas Jenkins Lewis — married 29 Nov 1915 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Died 18 Oct 1966 at age 84 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Florence (Graham) Evlanoff is Notable.

Florence Nightingale Graham was the Canadian-American businesswoman who created the Elizabeth Arden beauty products company in 1910 in New York City. She educated herself on skin care while working for E.R. Squibb as a bookkeeper and later as a treatment girl for Eleanor Adair, an early beauty culturist.

She opened skin care salons all over the world, the first woman to do so. By 1957, she owned over 150 Elizabeth Arden salons.

In 1934, she opened the Maine Chance Resort Spa in Rome, Maine, the first destination beauty spa in the United States. It closed in 1970.

In 1946, Graham appeared on the cover of Time magazine.

Her rivalry with competitor Helena Rubenstein was so legendary, that it spurred two: musicals War Paint (2017) and Lip Service (2017).

Daughter of William Graham and Susan Tadd.

She passed away in 1966 and is buried using her birth name "Elizabeth N Graham" in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Marriages:

1. Thomas J Lewis, m. 29 Nov 1915 in Manhattan, NYC, NY, div. 1938.^[1]
2. Prince Michael Evlanoff, m. 1943, div. 1944.

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QZ-443 : Thu Nov 30 13:23:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Jenkins Lewis and Florence Nightingale Graham, 29 Nov 1915.

• "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLK2-Q58 : 13 January 2024), Florence Nightingale Graham, 1881.

See Also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Arden

• Wikidata: Item Q235509, en:Wikipedia

• https://hannaonline.org/2017/01/30/the-original-beauty-queen-the-story-of-elizabeth-arden/