Mary Kay: One of America's Most Influential Women

Mary Kathlyn Wagner was born in the state of Texas in nineteen eighteen.  For much of her childhood, she cared for her sick father while her mother worked long hours at a public eating place.  Mary Kay married Ben Rogers when she was seventeen years old.  They had three children before he left home to serve in World War Two.  When he returned, their marriage ended.  Mary Kay looked for a job so she could support her children.