Victoria Jackson is an American

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...

and writer who ran the

cosmetics Cosmetics are constituted mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources, or synthetically created ones. Cosmetics have various purposes. Those designed for personal care and skin care can be used to cleanse or protect ...

business ''Victoria Jackson Cosmetics'' for many years. In 2008, after her daughter was diagnosed with

neuromyelitis optica Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), including neuromyelitis optica (NMO), are autoimmune diseases characterized by acute inflammation of the optic nerve (optic neuritis, ON) and the spinal cord (myelitis). Episodes of ON and myelitis ...

(NMO), Jackson and her husband established the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation, funding research into NMO treatment and cures. In 2017, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in

Seneca Falls, New York Seneca Falls is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 8,942 at the 2020 census. The Town of Seneca Falls contains the former village also called Seneca Falls. The town is east of Geneva, New York, in the nor ...

. Her son is singer and songwriter

Jackson Guthy Jackson Guthy (born March 19, 1996) is an American singer-songwriter. Biography His mother is Victoria Jackson. He started playing piano at age four when his older sister lost interest in her piano lessons and he picked them up; then began writ ...

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External links

Official Website

The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Victoria Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American cosmetics businesspeople American philanthropists Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American businesswomen 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesswomen 21st-century American businesspeople