Marty Mann Research Paper
A Biography of Marty Mann
Marty Mann, Image from Barefoots World
Marty Mann was born on October 15, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born into a life of prosperity and opportunity. She went to the best private schools. She was blessed with attractiveness, intelligence, a prevailing motivation and drive, phenomenal liveliness, and astonishing charisma. She also was able to travel extensively, and was a debutante. In the social circle she had moved in was fast-living. This was when Mann became known for her drinking capacity without an apparent effect (often a sign of alcoholism). Mann had married into a well-to-do New Orleans family. When Mann was in her late twenties, and due to monetary reverses, …show more content…
These thoughts formed the basis of her message: 1. Alcoholism is a disease and the alcoholic is a sick person. 2. The alcoholic can be helped and is worth helping. 3. Alcoholism is a public health problem and therefore a public responsibility. She was tremendously fortunate to find a wealthy donor, Brinkley Smithers, whom was committed to her goals and openhandedly supported her organization. “More than one person said she was like a train coming down the track—jump on or get out of the way”. By all accounts, she was one of the most fascinating speakers we have ever seen. At the start, audiences were hesitant of her message; an alcoholic is a sick person who can be helped. But at the end, they wound up willingly supporting her. For the most of her twenty-four years of directing the NCA, Mrs. Mann maintained approximately two-hundred speeches annually. Her purpose behind her talks was simply this, to establish local volunteer groups in all major cities. Then these affiliates of the NCA would continue to carry out NCA’s mission to provide education, information and referral for their individual
Marty Mann, Image from Barefoots World
Marty Mann was born on October 15, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born into a life of prosperity and opportunity. She went to the best private schools. She was blessed with attractiveness, intelligence, a prevailing motivation and drive, phenomenal liveliness, and astonishing charisma. She also was able to travel extensively, and was a debutante. In the social circle she had moved in was fast-living. This was when Mann became known for her drinking capacity without an apparent effect (often a sign of alcoholism). Mann had married into a well-to-do New Orleans family. When Mann was in her late twenties, and due to monetary reverses, …show more content…
These thoughts formed the basis of her message: 1. Alcoholism is a disease and the alcoholic is a sick person. 2. The alcoholic can be helped and is worth helping. 3. Alcoholism is a public health problem and therefore a public responsibility. She was tremendously fortunate to find a wealthy donor, Brinkley Smithers, whom was committed to her goals and openhandedly supported her organization. “More than one person said she was like a train coming down the track—jump on or get out of the way”. By all accounts, she was one of the most fascinating speakers we have ever seen. At the start, audiences were hesitant of her message; an alcoholic is a sick person who can be helped. But at the end, they wound up willingly supporting her. For the most of her twenty-four years of directing the NCA, Mrs. Mann maintained approximately two-hundred speeches annually. Her purpose behind her talks was simply this, to establish local volunteer groups in all major cities. Then these affiliates of the NCA would continue to carry out NCA’s mission to provide education, information and referral for their individual