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Launched the Imagination Library.
The book-gifting program began in her Tennessee home county and expanded to send free books to children internationally.
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3 public itemsDolly Parton
Songwriter and philanthropist
PHOTO: RCA Records / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain ↗Turned a singular songwriting voice into a durable catalog, businesses, and a vast early-literacy program.
What Dolly got done.
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Wrote and performed “9 to 5.”
The film’s title song earned Parton an Academy Award nomination and later anchored a stage musical.
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Wrote “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You.”
The songs became enduring standards; “I Will Always Love You” reached number one in Parton’s own recordings before Whitney Houston’s global version.