This is True®
by Randy CassinghamRandy Cassingham's Honorary Unsubscribe Recognizes the Unknown, the Forgotten and the Obscure People who Had an Impact on Our Lives
Adelaide Hawley Cumming
Copyright 1998-2012 ThisisTrue.Inc, all rights reserved. May not be copied or archived without express, prior, written permission. "This is True" is a registered trademark of ThisisTrue.Inc, Ridgway Colorado. 3551
An actress, Cumming was once considered the country's "second most recognizable woman, next to Eleanor Roosevelt," because of a role she played on TV: the original "Betty Crocker". While the character was invented by General Mills in 1921, Cumming was the one who brought her to life when she appeared in The Betty Crocker Show on CBS in 1950. She continued to play the role for the company until 1964. No 1950s housewife she, however: Cumming considered herself a feminist, and remembers telling her daughter at the time that if anyone asked, "I am the current incarnation of a corporate image. That'll shut them up." She died in Washington state December 21 at age 93.
From This is True for 20 December 1998
About the HUs
About This is TrueSubscribe Free
to This is TruePrev: Master poet Ramchandra Narayanji Dwivedi
Next: Public health educator Dorothy Bird Nyswander