Twentieth Century
Bette Nesmith Graham, Who Regularly Saved My Life (or at Least My Sanity) in College
Returning to the idea of women who were inventors and/or entrepreneurs, allow me to introduce you to Bette Nesmith Graham, a struggling single mother who founded what became a multi-million dollar business in her kitchen[1]. In 1954, Bette Nesmith Graham was a divorced single mother who supported herself and her son, Michael,[2] by working as…
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From the Archives: Bessie Beatty and the Red Heart of Russia
A post form 2022 for your amusement while I catch up on the things that piled up during Women’s History Month. New posts soon, I promise! *** I was recently digging about in the history of women’s magazines in the early twentieth century when I came across a familiar name: Bessie Beatty. I knew Beatty’s…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions with Della Leavitt
I am delighted to wrap up this year’s Women’s History Month Q & A series with Della Leavitt. She and I have been following each other around the writing world, on-line and in real life, for a long time. After careers in tech and math education, Della began an intensive DIY study of writing fiction…
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