Jean Jolliffe Yancey was an American entrepreneur, small business consultant, women's business mentor, and motivational speaker.
17 Facts About Jean Yancey
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Jean Yancey received many awards, including the 1982 National Advocate for Women in Small Businesses award presented by US President Ronald Reagan in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden.
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Jean Yancey was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1985.
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In New York, Yancey worked in the bridal department at B Altman and Company and at Joseph Bryne, organizing a large trade show for the latter.
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In 1959 the family moved back to Denver and Jean Yancey resumed working at Denver Dry Goods, managing the bridal department.
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Jean Yancey became known in Denver as "the mother of all businesswomen".
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Jean Yancey was a recognized speaker in the United States and Canada, and her insights were quoted by women in business authors.
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Later in the 1970s, Jean Yancey taught at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School and the Barbizon School of Modeling.
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Jean Yancey was an executive steering committee member for the Women and Business Conference, a director of the Women's Bank, and an honorary director of the Big Sisters of Denver.
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Jean Yancey was the first national honorary member of the National Association of Women Business Owners.
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Jean Yancey was a member of a Washington, DC committee that set the educational agenda for the 1986 White House Conference on Small Business.
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Jean Yancey was the recipient of many awards for her work mentoring women in business.
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Jean Yancey was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1985.
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Jean Yancey was posthumously inducted into the Alumni Heritage Hall of East High School in 2008.
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In honor of her 80th birthday in 1994, Jean Yancey's friends dedicated a park bench at Cherry Creek State Park in her name.
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Jean Yancey died of heart failure on September 15,2000, aged 86.
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Jean Yancey's papers are stored at the Denver Public Library.