Betty Mae Jumper 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…
Betty CarterAge: 69 Grammy-winning jazz singer who was labeled “the godmother of jazz.” She got her start singing with greats Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis; later recorded…
Betty ComdenAge: 89 lyricist, playwright, and actress who collaborated with Adolph Green for more than 60 years until his death in 2002. The duo wrote On the Town, Singin' in the Rain, and…
Betty FriedanAge: 85 feminist icon and writer whose 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, challenged postwar assumptions that women found fulfillment with domesticity. Indeed, she said women were…
McCOLLUM Betty , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., July 12, 1954; graduated from South St. Paul High School, St. Paul, Minn., 1972; graduated from…
SUTTON Betty , a Representative from Ohio; born in Barberton, Summit County, Ohio, July 31, 1963; B.A., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1985; J.D., University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 1990; lawyer…
Elizabeth (Betty) Robinson SchwartzAge: 87 became first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track when she won the 100-meter dash in a then-world-record 12.2 seconds; injuries she…
Mae Questelvoice 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…
