Women in the United States have become used to change.<br >During the twentieth century， they have seen their roles as<br >homemaker and mother expand to include new opportu-<br >nities outside the family. No longer just a companion and<br >helper to her husband， a woman during the century now<br >ending won the right to vote and to voice an opinion.<br > She also won the right to do things on her own， and<br >not be condemned for it. She discovered the excitement of<br >setting a personal goal and the fun of trying to achieve it.<br >But the nine decades just past are only the beginning.<br >Women are on the brink of explosive success in their<br >struggle for self-fulfillment. The 1990s may very well be the<br >decade that women come thundering into their own.<br > Avon Products is a company that knows a lot about<br >women. Ever since our founding in 1886， our sales force<br >has been composed primarily of women (500，000 sales<br >representatives today in the United States alone)， who have<br >sold primarily to women. We are proud to have been one<br >of the first companies in this country to provide an earning<br >opportunity for women. Today we have more women in<br >