Marcella Luiso Flanagan and
Phyllis Clare Orlowski

Marcella Luiso Flanagan is the author of "American Destiny: A True Story of Family, Roots, and the Journey Between Two Worlds," co-written with her niece, Phyllis Clare Orlowski. A pioneering figure for women in business, Marcella built a distinguished career as a fashion designer and manufacturing executive beginning in the 1960s.