voice of cartoon charactersBorn: 9/13/1908Birthplace: New York City Questel began performing in vaudeville in her late teens. Her “boop-oop-a-doop ”routine won her the job of providing Betty Boop's…
(Encyclopedia) Ford, Betty, 1918–2011, American first lady (1974–77), wife of President Gerald Ford, b. Chicago as Elizabeth Anne Bloomer. A candid, outspoken, and popular first lady, she became an…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Betty, 1943–2020, Northern Irish peace activist, b. Belfast as Elizabeth Smyth. In Aug., 1976, Williams, a receptionist, witnessed the death of three children when a car…
(Elizabeth Ann Bloomer, Elizabeth Ann Warren)former First Lady of the United States, humanitarianBorn: 4/8/1918Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. A former dancer with the Martha Graham Company in New York,…
(Lillie Mae Jones)jazz and blues singerBorn: 5/16/1930Birthplace: Flint, Michigan Grammy Award-winning jazz and blues singer whose career started at the age of 16. Though she did not enjoy fame…
actressBorn: 12/18/1916Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Vivacious leading lady of Fox movie musicals, who began as a chorus girl and became famous for her legs, which helped make her the top pinup…
Seminole Indian tribal leader and publisherBorn: 1923Birthplace: Indiantown, Florida Born in a small village in the Everglades to a full-blooded Seminole mother and a white father, Betty Mae…
(Encyclopedia) Friedan, Betty NaomiFriedan, Betty Naomifrēdănˈ [key], 1921–2006, American social reformer and feminist, b. Peoria, Ill. as Bettye Goldstein, educated at Smith College (B.A., 1942) and…
McCOLLUM, Betty, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., July 12, 1954; graduated from College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn.; member of the Minnesota…
