She became an entrepreneur before it was common for women to work outside of the home, let alone in a male dominated business. She started out raising chickens to sell to local farmers in the spring, and it was profitable. She found herself in a quandary when she didn't get one call from her newspaper ad to sell her flock of chickens in the fall. What to do with 1,000 chickens on an island? Sounds like the start of a bad joke ... Read her fascinating story from birth, through childhood, motherhood, personal challenges, and business challenges to finally become a millionaire!--

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