Mary Elizabeth was born in Lynchburg, Virginia back to 1852 to Pleasant and Mary. After the Civil War the family moved to New York City, where in 1874 she met and married Joseph Pray. She moved to France for a time learning the French language and where she learned the trade that would make her a household name.Not liking what she saw she set about redeveloping the process, implementing a series of steps that are still in use to this day. She returned in New York opening her first salon in 1878. According to all accounts she was a savvy business manager. She expanded her business in 1884. Her husband patented an invention around the same time, that would make her a very rich business owner. The couple divorced later that year. She died in 1902, she was 49.What you may not know about Mar...
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