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{{Infobox_Person| name = Anita Roddick| image = AnitaRoddick.jpg| imagesize =| caption =| birth_date = | birth_place = Littlehampton, England.], Chichester, West Sussex, England.]| occupation =| known_for = Award winning business woman, founder of The Body Shop and charity work] (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was the founder of The Body Shop, a British cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism.{{cite web ]|date=10 September 2007|date=[11 September 2007 with third world countries.

Roddick was also involved in activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues including involvement with [Greenpeace and The Big Issue. In 1990 Roddick founded Children On The Edge, a charitable organization which helps disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe and Asia.{{cite web]|accessdaymonth = 11 September|accessyear = 2007-->

Roddick was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis due to long standing hepatitis C in 2004, and after she revealed this to the media in February 2007 she promoted the work of the Hepatitis C Trust,{{cite web]|date = 17 July 2007|accessdaymonth = 11 September|accessyear = 2007--> and campaigned to increase awareness of the disease.{{cite web|url= http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=846&id=244152007|title = Roddick reveals she has hepatitis C "and it's a bit of a bummer"|author= Chris Greenwood|publisher = The Scotsman appointed Roddick a Dame Commander of the [Order of the British Empire, and she was officially styled Dame Anita Roddick DBE.

Family background Roddick was born Anita Lucia Perilli in a bomb shelter in Littlehampton, Sussex, in an Italy Jewish immigrant community, and she was brought up in a family of 4 children. Her family had left Naples, Italy just before the Second World War.The Vancouver Sun, op. cit., p.A5 Her mother, Gilda, ran a café, and was in the habit of recycling. She went to school at St Amy's Convent, and then at Maude Allen Secondary Modern. Roddick's mother divorced when Roddick was 9 years old and married her former husband's cousin, Henry, who died of Tuberculosis after only a few years of marriage. It was not until Roddick was 19 years old that her mother told her that Henry was her father, and also the father of her son, but not her two daughters.The Vancouver Sun, Obituary: Anita Roddick, September 12, 2007. p.A5Life and Times. BBC TV. After leaving school, Roddick trained as a teacher at Bath College of Higher Education (now called Bath Spa University), and travelled widely before her mother introduced her to Gordon Roddick, whom she married in 1970. The couple opened a restaurant, followed by a hotel. By the time they married, they already had one child and were expecting another. Roddick worked for the United Nations where she travelled extensively and met people from a number of different cultures. She founded The Body Shop in Brighton, in 1976. The first The Body Shop was basic and at first sold only 15 products. The Body Shop's full range now has over 300 products.

The Body Shop Roddick opened the first Body Shop with the aim of making an income for herself and her two daughters, Sam and Justine, while her husband was away in the United States. Her idea was to exploit some of the ideas she had formed while traveling around the world. She opened her second shop six months later. On her husband's return, he joined the business. By 1991 the Body Shop had 700 branches and Roddick was awarded the 1991 World Vision Award for Development Initiative Award.{{cite web]|accessdaymonth = 11 September|accessyear = 2007--> In 1993 she told Third Way Magazine:{{cquote]|accessdaymonth = 11 September|accessyear = 2007-->-->

By 2004, the Body Shop had 1980 stores, serving over 77 million customers throughout the world. The Body Shop was voted the second most trusted brand in the United Kingdom, and 28th top brand in the world.

On 17 March 2006, L'Oréal purchased Body Shop for Pound sterling652 million.{{cite web|url= http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1938850,00.html|title= I believe they are honourable and the work they do is honourable: interview with Roddick|publisher= Business Guardian|date= 3 November 2006, and because the company is part-owned by [Nestlé which has been criticized for its treatment of third world producers. Anita addressed it directly in an interview with The Guardian, business.guardian.co.uk which reported that "she sees herself as a kind of "trojan horse" who by selling her business to a huge firm will be able to influence the decisions it makes. Suppliers who had formerly worked with the Body Shop will in future have contracts with L'Oréal, and working with the company 25 days a year Roddick will be able to have an input into decisions."

Charity work Roddick was known for her campaigning work on environmental issues and was a member of the Demos (UK think tank) think tank's advisory council.

Children On The Edge (COTE) is an organization that Roddick founded in 1990 in response to her visits to Romanian orphanages. Upon seeing the conditions the children were in, she created COTE to help manage the crisis and work to de-institutionalize the children over the course of their early life. COTE's mission focuses on disadvantaged children affected by conflicts, natural disasters, disabilities, and HIV/AIDS.

On 13 December 2005, the National Post reported that Roddick had decided to turn her back on the world of commerce and give away her fortune, worth some £51 million ($104 million).

Illness On 14 February 2007, Roddick revealed she had been diagnosed with hepatitis C. Roddick said, "I have hepatitis C. It's a bit of a bummer but you groan and move on". On 30 August 2007, Roddick was a special guest in an episode of the live television programme Doctor, Doctor (Five TV) broadcast on channel Five (channel) in the UK, in which she talked about hepatitis C with the presenter and general practitioner, Mark Porter (doctor).Doctor, Doctor. Five TV. On live television, Roddick explained that her hepatitis C was unexpectedly diagnosed in 2004 as a result of a blood test that was part of a medical examination needed for a life insurance policy; the blood test indicated abnormal liver function and subsequent blood tests diagnosed hepatitis C. Roddick explained that she had a large blood transfusion in 1971 after the birth of her younger daughter and that she is convinced that the transfusion infected her with hepatitis C. This was about 20 years before blood donors were screened for the disease in the United Kingdom. She reported that she developed liver cirrhosis and that her main symptoms are itching and poor concentration. She briefly mentioned that medical treatment with interferon did not suit her. Roddick explained that she kept fit and active, and that she attended biannual out-patient hospital appointments in Southampton as well as being under review by the liver transplant team at the Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Death Roddick died of a major acute brain haemorrhage at about 6:30 p.m. on September 10, 2007, after being admitted to St Richard's Hospital, Chichester the previous evening suffering from a severe headache.

Link with The Littlehampton Community School Dame Anita Roddick was a close friend of the Littlehampton Community School. In 2003, it successfully applied to become a Business and Enterprise specialist school. Much of the money that was required was donated by Anita Roddick. As a result of this donation, a new building that was built with this money was named 'The Roddick Enterprise Centre' (normally abbreviated to 'REC'). The Littlehampton College also hosts 'Roddick Days' such as 'Day of Action' and 'One World'; these events allow students to give something back to their local community and learn about what is happening around them.

The school is currently planning a future academy to be built. Following the death of Dame Anita Roddick, it has been widely suggested that any future academy should be given her name in memory of the local entrepreneur.

Selected awards

Bibliography

References

External links

{{Persondata]|DATE OF BIRTH = October 23 1942, [England, United Kingdom [2007, [West Sussex, England, United Kingdom-->

{{Infobox_Person| name = Anita Roddick| image = AnitaRoddick.jpg| imagesize =| caption =| birth_date = | birth_place = Littlehampton, England.], Chichester, West Sussex, England.]| occupation =| known_for = Award winning business woman, founder of The Body Shop and charity work] (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was the founder of The Body Shop, a British cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism.{{cite web ]|date=10 September 2007|date=[11 September 2007 with third world countries.

Roddick was also involved in activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues including involvement with [Greenpeace and The Big Issue. In 1990 Roddick founded Children On The Edge, a charitable organization which helps disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe and Asia.{{cite web]|accessdaymonth = 11 September|accessyear = 2007-->

Roddick was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis due to long standing hepatitis C in 2004, and after she revealed this to the media in February 2007 she promoted the work of the Hepatitis C Trust,{{cite web]|date = 17 July 2007|accessdaymonth = 11 September|accessyear = 2007--> and campaigned to increase awareness of the disease.{{cite web|url= http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=846&id=244152007|title = Roddick reveals she has hepatitis C "and it's a bit of a bummer"|author= Chris Greenwood|publisher = The Scotsman appointed Roddick a Dame Commander of the [Order of the British Empire, and she was officially styled Dame Anita Roddick DBE.

Family background Roddick was born Anita Lucia Perilli in a bomb shelter in Littlehampton, Sussex, in an Italy Jewish immigrant community, and she was brought up in a family of 4 children. Her family had left Naples, Italy just before the Second World War.The Vancouver Sun, op. cit., p.A5 Her mother, Gilda, ran a café, and was in the habit of recycling. She went to school at St Amy's Convent, and then at Maude Allen Secondary Modern. Roddick's mother divorced when Roddick was 9 years old and married her former husband's cousin, Henry, who died of Tuberculosis after only a few years of marriage. It was not until Roddick was 19 years old that her mother told her that Henry was her father, and also the father of her son, but not her two daughters.The Vancouver Sun, Obituary: Anita Roddick, September 12, 2007. p.A5Life and Times. BBC TV. After leaving school, Roddick trained as a teacher at Bath College of Higher Education (now called Bath Spa University), and travelled widely before her mother introduced her to Gordon Roddick, whom she married in 1970. The couple opened a restaurant, followed by a hotel. By the time they married, they already had one child and were expecting another. Roddick worked for the United Nations where she travelled extensively and met people from a number of different cultures. She founded The Body Shop in Brighton, in 1976. The first The Body Shop was basic and at first sold only 15 products. The Body Shop's full range now has over 300 products.

The Body Shop Roddick opened the first Body Shop with the aim of making an income for herself and her two daughters, Sam and Justine, while her husband was away in the United States. Her idea was to exploit some of the ideas she had formed while traveling around the world. She opened her second shop six months later. On her husband's return, he joined the business. By 1991 the Body Shop had 700 branches and Roddick was awarded the 1991 World Vision Award for Development Initiative Award.{{cite web]|accessdaymonth = 11 September|accessyear = 2007--> In 1993 she told Third Way Magazine:{{cquote]|accessdaymonth = 11 September|accessyear = 2007-->-->

By 2004, the Body Shop had 1980 stores, serving over 77 million customers throughout the world. The Body Shop was voted the second most trusted brand in the United Kingdom, and 28th top brand in the world.

On 17 March 2006, L'Oréal purchased Body Shop for Pound sterling652 million.{{cite web|url= http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1938850,00.html|title= I believe they are honourable and the work they do is honourable: interview with Roddick|publisher= Business Guardian|date= 3 November 2006, and because the company is part-owned by [Nestlé which has been criticized for its treatment of third world producers. Anita addressed it directly in an interview with The Guardian, business.guardian.co.uk which reported that "she sees herself as a kind of "trojan horse" who by selling her business to a huge firm will be able to influence the decisions it makes. Suppliers who had formerly worked with the Body Shop will in future have contracts with L'Oréal, and working with the company 25 days a year Roddick will be able to have an input into decisions."

Charity work Roddick was known for her campaigning work on environmental issues and was a member of the Demos (UK think tank) think tank's advisory council.

Children On The Edge (COTE) is an organization that Roddick founded in 1990 in response to her visits to Romanian orphanages. Upon seeing the conditions the children were in, she created COTE to help manage the crisis and work to de-institutionalize the children over the course of their early life. COTE's mission focuses on disadvantaged children affected by conflicts, natural disasters, disabilities, and HIV/AIDS.

On 13 December 2005, the National Post reported that Roddick had decided to turn her back on the world of commerce and give away her fortune, worth some £51 million ($104 million).

Illness On 14 February 2007, Roddick revealed she had been diagnosed with hepatitis C. Roddick said, "I have hepatitis C. It's a bit of a bummer but you groan and move on". On 30 August 2007, Roddick was a special guest in an episode of the live television programme Doctor, Doctor (Five TV) broadcast on channel Five (channel) in the UK, in which she talked about hepatitis C with the presenter and general practitioner, Mark Porter (doctor).Doctor, Doctor. Five TV. On live television, Roddick explained that her hepatitis C was unexpectedly diagnosed in 2004 as a result of a blood test that was part of a medical examination needed for a life insurance policy; the blood test indicated abnormal liver function and subsequent blood tests diagnosed hepatitis C. Roddick explained that she had a large blood transfusion in 1971 after the birth of her younger daughter and that she is convinced that the transfusion infected her with hepatitis C. This was about 20 years before blood donors were screened for the disease in the United Kingdom. She reported that she developed liver cirrhosis and that her main symptoms are itching and poor concentration. She briefly mentioned that medical treatment with interferon did not suit her. Roddick explained that she kept fit and active, and that she attended biannual out-patient hospital appointments in Southampton as well as being under review by the liver transplant team at the Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Death Roddick died of a major acute brain haemorrhage at about 6:30 p.m. on September 10, 2007, after being admitted to St Richard's Hospital, Chichester the previous evening suffering from a severe headache.

Link with The Littlehampton Community School Dame Anita Roddick was a close friend of the Littlehampton Community School. In 2003, it successfully applied to become a Business and Enterprise specialist school. Much of the money that was required was donated by Anita Roddick. As a result of this donation, a new building that was built with this money was named 'The Roddick Enterprise Centre' (normally abbreviated to 'REC'). The Littlehampton College also hosts 'Roddick Days' such as 'Day of Action' and 'One World'; these events allow students to give something back to their local community and learn about what is happening around them.

The school is currently planning a future academy to be built. Following the death of Dame Anita Roddick, it has been widely suggested that any future academy should be given her name in memory of the local entrepreneur.

Selected awards

Bibliography

References

External links

{{Persondata]|DATE OF BIRTH = October 23 1942, [England, United Kingdom [2007, [West Sussex, England, United Kingdom-->



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