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A voice for working-class women and an icon for all kinds of women, Parton has maintained her star power throughout life phases and political cycles.

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Avie Lee Owens + Robert Parton: A Closer Look At Dolly Parton's Parents Dolly Parton is notoriously proud of her Tennessee roots. She's been very open about growing up in a one-room cabin in the Smoky Mountains as one of 12 children and how that influenced the person she is today. Despite her humble beginnings, she credits her parents Avie Lee Owens Parton and Robert Lee Parton with surrounding her with love and support as a child that ultimately led her down the road of fame. The Partons had a full household with all of their children -- Willadeene, David, Coy Denver, Bobby Lee,

Dolly Parton does it all, and does it in towering heels. An icon of country music and a gem of pop culture for decades, at 74 she’s still a glamorous, glittering whirlwind — writing and performing music, acting, running a thriving business empire and sharing its fruits. She didn’t just make a new Netflix holiday movie, "Christmas on the Square" (and write all the songs for it). While on the set, she saved a 9-year-old actor. The girl, Talia Hill, said on NPR this week she felt someone grab her just before she walked into the path of a vehicle. It was Parton. The girl said Parto...