CROCKER Samuel Leonard , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Taunton, Mass., March 31, 1804;
was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1822; engaged in manufacturing;…
Betty GrableactressBorn: 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…
SIBLEY Joseph Crocker , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Friendship, Allegany
County, N.Y., February 18, 1850; in 1859 moved with his parents to Boston,
N.Y.; attended the county…
Betty Carter
(Lillie Mae Jones)
jazz and blues singer
Born: 5/16/1930
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan
Grammy Award-winning jazz and blues singer whose career started at the age of 16. Though she…
A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of female servants, or occupies himself in female pursuits; also called a “Molly.” Betty A skeleton key; the servant of…
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…
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