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Argumentative Essay Outline: Samuel Foster's Success

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I. Attention-getter: According to a poll conducted by the Vision Council in 2012, 27% of people never wear sunglasses and about 20% don’t believe that their eyes are at risk from UV exposure.
II. Relevance Statement: Since all of us are college students and are out in the sun every single day, I’m sure that almost all of you own at least one pair of cool, fashionable sunglasses.
III. Credibility Statement: Being curious about how sunglasses came to be such a popular fashion statement, I was able to do some in-depth research and learn about their creation and their rapid growth in popularity.
IV. Thesis Statement: Due to the successful advertising of his own company, Samuel Foster was able to plant the revolutionary idea of sunglasses being …show more content…

In 1919, Samuel Foster founded the company Foster Grant which was the first company to produce modern-day over-the-counter sunglasses.
A. Sam Foster initially founded the company with Bill Grant to produce hair accessories for ladies. (Grant, 2004)
1. Foster Grant is a plastics molding and manufacturing firm. (Syracuse Special Collections Research Center, 2011)
2. The company first ran into trouble in the mid-1920s when it was unable to sell many hair accessories due to the “in” hairstyle changing from long to short. (Grant, 2004)
B. Foster Grant sold its first piece of eyewear in Atlantic City in 1929, beginning the trend of wearing sunglasses as a fashion statement. (Syracuse Special Collections Research Center, 2011)
1. In 1934, Foster Grant became the first American company to adopt injection molding. (Syracuse Special Collections Research Center, 2011)
2. The company was able to produce sunglasses cheaply. (Grant, 2004)
3. Foster Grant sunglasses were the first to be sold as an over-the-counter consumer item instead of having to be ordered by an optometrist. (Grant, 2004)
Transition: Now that you know how Samuel Foster got started with making sunglasses, I will tell you about the impact that his company has had on

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