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Christine Moore Howell (March 19, 1899 – December 13, 1972) was a hair care product businesswoman who founded Christine Cosmetics where she formulated her own line of cosmetics and hair care products. She was the head of the New Jersey Board of Beauty Culture Control. She was the first African-American to graduate from Princeton High School.〔 ==Biography== She was born on March 19, 1899 as Christine Moore in Princeton, New Jersey to William Moore, Sr. (1863-1920) and Adelaide Williams, both from Hillsboro, North Carolina. Her siblings were Bessie Moore, Arthur C. Moore, and William Moore, Jr. Her father migrated from Hillsboro, North Carolina to Princeton, New Jersey where he opened a shop buying and selling used clothes and furniture to the university students. She opened a beauty shop in one of the buildings that William now owned. She studied chemistry in Paris and when she returned she formulated a line of cosmetics.〔 In 1924 she married Dr. Edward Gaylord Howell of Darien, Connecticut.〔 In 1935 Harold Giles Hoffman, the Governor of New Jersey appointed her to the newly formed New Jersey Board of Beauty Culture Control, where she became chairman.〔 She died on December 13, 1972 and was interred in Princeton Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christine Moore Howell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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