Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time

2006 • Directed by

Terence Michael O'Malley

Documentary

Tells the story of Nell Donnelly, who created a fashion empire and became one of the wealthiest and most celebrated American women in business. She was one of the first and most successful self-made women millionaires in American business, designing and selling more dresses in the 20th century than any other single person in the United States and challenging the notion that women were best suited for domesticity.