Past Entrepreneurs

Beautician & Beauty Products

Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965)

Canadian

Viola Desmond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, circa 1940
[Winnipeg Free Press, Public Domain, via Wikipedia Commons]

Businesses

• The Desmond School of Beauty Culture 
• Line of beauty products called  Vi's Beauty Products No Link  

Websites

• Chic History: Viola Desmond and Her Impact on Los Angeles Makeup & Beauty Culture
• One Woman’s Resistance Viola Desmond's Story – Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• “Viola Desmond (1914-1965),” Parks Canada: Government of Canada
• Viola Desmond – Wikipedia

Videos

• The Story of Viola Desmond
• The $10 bank note featuring Viola Desmond: security features
• Viola Desmond's impact on Canadian civil rights
• Viola Desmond's sister recounts Halifax Explosion survival story

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