A Woman to Know: Betsy Talbot Blackwell
She was of that breed of indomitable women editors. — Leo Lerman
She was of that breed of indomitable women editors. — Leo Lerman
(image via The University of Wyoming)
In 1937, when Betsy Talbot Blackwell took over as editor in chief of the legendary Mademoiselle magazine, the fashionable New York native had a plan: take the two-year-old women’s publication from “sensible” to “sensational.”
In her tenure, circulation s…
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