In her 2010 autobiography, My Life As I See It, New Jersey native Dionne Warwick fondly recounted a childhood shaped by “good teachers and two wonderful parents.” Describing one of the latter, she wrote, “The word I most associate with my mother is class,” adding, “Mommy expressed the importance of being a ‘lady’ at all times in the ways we dressed, walked, spoke, and presented ourselves to the world. I sure hope that I have maintained the legacy she gave us.”