Businesswoman. She was known as the “First Avon Lady”. In 1886 became the first saleswoman for the California Perfume Company, a business that eventually became the multi-billion dollar Avon Products, Incorporated. She started selling the company’s products in 1886 door-to-door, and rose to become the chief of sales for the business. It was her idea to recruit women to go door-to-door selling the products, emulating her successful practice, which gave rise to the “Avon Lady”.  Family links:  Parents:  Alexander Eames (1802 – 1867)  Miranda Howe Eames (____ – 1887)  Spouse:  Ellery Albee (1832 – 1920)*  Children:  Ellery Eames Albee (1870 – 1942)*  Ellen Lucillia Albee Day (1873 – 1927)*  Siblings:  Miranda Howe Eames (1824 – 1904)*  Salome Greenwood Eames Foster (1830 – 1907)*  Persus Foster Eames Albee (1836 – 1914) *Calculated relationship