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Florence Nightingale Graham, who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden was born in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada. She was a Canadian-born American businesswoman. She built a cosmetics empire in the United States. At the peak of her career, she was one of the wealthiest women in the world. In 1912 Arden traveled to France to learn beauty and facial massage techniques used in the Paris beauty salons. In 1934, she opened the Maine Chance residential spa in Rome, Maine, the first destination beauty spa in the United States. In recognition of her contribution to the cosmetics industry, she was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government in 1962.