(Original Caption) Two women from Dallas, Texas, Mary Kay Ash (left), chairman of the board of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., and Mary C. Crowley, founder and president of Home Interiors and Gifts, Inc., both recipients of Horatio Alger Awards, hold one of the statuettes at a news conference prior to the actual presentation at the Waldorf Astoria.
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