Dolly Parton Said Her Dad, Lee Parton, Had an Enduring Influence on Her Life
marieclaire.comDolly Parton, Marie Claire's digital cover star, is almost as renowned for her charity work as she is for her music. Speaking to RuPaul, she revealed her father, Lee Parton, inspired one of her most well-known charity efforts: the Imagination Library, which gifts free books to children around the world in order to boost childhood literacy. "[The Imagination Library] is one of the things I am proudest of, of all the things that I’ve done since I’ve been in the business," Parton told RuPaul. "And I’m sure you’ve heard the story that it came from a sincere place in my life and in my heart, because my dad—and a lot of my relatives, and a lot of people in that part of the country [where I’m from], but especially my dad—couldn’t read and write.".
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