Edna L. Emme

Edna L. Emme
Born(1899-04-14)14 April 1899
Died22 August 1995(1995-08-22) (aged 96)
OccupationCosmetologist

Edna L. Emme (April 14, 1899 – August 22, 1995) was a cosmetologist. She founded the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association, now known as the National Cosmetology Association. Emme served five times as the president of the association,[citation needed] and in 1938 visited the White House. The NHCA at that time represented the industry, even though the organization was all-white and thus all African-American beauty show owners and operators were excluded.

Legacy

The brand name TRESemmé of the haircare products manufactured by the Godefroy Manufacturing Company, is a wordplay on the French for "well-loved" (French: très-aimé) and a reference to Edna L. Emme.

References

  1. 1 2 Gill, Tiffany M. (3 March 2010). Beauty Shop Politics: African American women's activism in the beauty industry. University of Illinois Press. p. 70. ISBN 9780252076961.
  2. ↑ "The ultimate haircare regime". Femina. December 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Edna Emme—The Flagbearer of TRESemmé". Cosmopolitan.in. March 19, 2024.