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Anita Roddick
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dame Anita Lucia Roddick, Dame Anita Roddick, Anita Lucia Roddick, Anita Lucia Perella
British business woman, founder of The Body Shop (1942-2007)
Key facts
- Born
- Anita Lucia Perella , ( 1942-10-23 ) 23 October 1942, Littlehampton , West Sussex , England
- Died
- 10 September 2007 (2007-09-10) (aged 64), Chichester , West Sussex, England
- Known for
- Businesswoman, founder of The Body Shop , charity work
- Title
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Spouse
- Sir (Thomas) Gordon Roddick (m. 1970–2007, her death)
- Children
- 2, including Sam
- Website
- www .anitaroddick .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lucia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Littlehampton
- Place of death
- Chichester
- Occupation
- founder
- Educated at
- Bath Spa University
- Employer
- The Body Shop
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.anitaroddick.com
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- date of birth
- 1942-10-23
- date of death
- 2007-09-10
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- name in native language
- Anita Roddick
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick DBE (née Perella; 23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of products being tested on animals in some of its products and one of the first to promote fair trade with developing countries.
Roddick was involved in activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues, including involvement with Greenpeace and the newspaper The Big Issue. In 1990, she founded Children on the Edge, a charitable organisation which helps disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia. She believed that business should offer a form of moral leadership, being a more powerful force in society than religion or government.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anita Roddick” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.