Why Avon? In Avon's words: because "this is the company that puts mascara on lashes and food on tables, that fights wrinkles with one hand and Breast Cancer with the other. That knows the value of a perfect lip, but still opens it mouth and speaks out again domestic violence and for women's financial independence. This is the company that not only brings beauty to doors, but also opens them. The company that supports 6 million representatives in over 100 countries. This is AVON. The company, that for 125 years, has stood for beauty, innovation, optimism and above all for WOMEN." In my own words: Because this is the company that believed women could do it all when almost nobody else did. I know that because AVON made it possible for my own mom -- in small-town America in the 1960's! -- to keep her home and raise her kids AND have a job earning a substantial independent income. A substantial independent income that made all the difference for her, and for our whole family. And I think that's pretty great, don't you?