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- Betty Ernestine Cornelia (Corn) Moore
- Early Twentieth century Appleton resident. Sister of Orlin, Esther, Edith, and Lelia Corn.
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- Betty Ford
- Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Bloomer was born 8 April 1918 to Hortense Neahr and William Stephenson Bloomer in Chicago. In 1936, Betty Bloomer graduated from Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While attending Bennington School of Dance in Vermont, Bloomer met Martha Graham. Bloomer subsequently studied with Graham in New York City and performed in Carnegie Hall as a member of Graham’s Auxiliary Performance Troupe. In 1941, Betty Bloomer returned to Grand Rapids, formed her own dance troupe, and worked as fashion coordinator for Herpolsheimer’s department store. In 1942, she married William Warren but soon divorced. In 1947, Betty Bloomer met Gerald R. Ford, Jr., a young attorney who served as a Navy Lieutenant during World War II. The couple married on 14 October 1948. Two weeks after their marriage, Ford was elected to his first term in the U.S. Congress. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-five years. During Gerald Ford’s service in Congress, Betty Ford volunteered with the Congressional Wives Club and the National Federation of Republican Women; she also guided tours of the U.S. Capitol to visiting constituents from Michigan. Beginning the in 1960s, the Fords often visited Vail and Beaver Creek as both winter and summer retreats. Betty Ford held her first press conference on 4 September 1974. She was an “outspoken advocate of women’s rights” and openly supported the passage of the 1975 Equal Rights Amendment. She also spoke openly on her breast cancer diagnosis and challenges with alcohol and substance abuse. In 1978, Betty Ford wrote her autobiography, The Times of My Life, and entered the treatment center at Long Beach Naval Hospital. In 1982, Mrs. Ford and Ambassador Leonard Firestone cofounded the Betty Ford Center, which focused on addiction treatment. In 1987, Mrs. Ford published a healing memoir entitled Betty: A Glad Awakening. With Charlyn Costello Canada at the helm, Vail Public Library held a book signing on 11 March 1987 and Mary Catherine Moser served as Mrs. Ford’s personal assistant. The event was underwritten by Verbatim Booksellers, which was located in Crossroads in Vail. In 1988, Vail Alpine Gardens was renamed Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (BFAG). On 11 August 1989, President and Mrs. Ford attended the formal dedication of BFAG held in Gerald R. Ford Park in Vail. First Lady, Betty Ford, passed away on 8 July 2011; President Gerald R. Ford passed away on 26 December 2006. The Fords are interred on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their four children are Michael Gerald, John Gardner, Steven Meigs and Susan Elizabeth.
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- Betty Gold
- Betty Gold is an established, internationally known professional artist who has shown in over one hundred thirty solo and group exhibitions in her career and who currently has work in more than seventy-five permanent collections around the world. She’s experienced in bronze casting, aluminum casting, painting, wood carving, silk screening, photography, welding, arc welding, marble and stone carving, terracotta, and mosaic tiling, but she’s predominantly a sculptor and most of her work ranges from 2’ indoor bronzes and enameled steel to monumental outdoor Corten steel pieces measuring up to 28’ high. Source: Artist's website
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- Betty Haas Pfister
- Betty Pfister received the congressional gold medal for their admirable service as one of about 1,000 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) who flew U.S. military aircraft for the first time during World War II. For decades, these women were left out of the history books. The WASPs, formed in 1942 to answer the call of the military’s aviation need in the United States, freeing up male war pilots to do battle overseas. After 16 months, the program was shut down at the end of 1944 with zero recognition from the government. After the war ended, the women went back to their daily lives without receiving any of the support given to men in the military. “I loved to fly, the war was on and it was a good combination,” she said. She and Ruth Brown, also of Aspen, were two of the 25,000 women who applied for the WASP program. Fewer than 1,900 were accepted and only 1,074 completed the grueling training program. Pfister joined the ferrying division, transporting planes from one place to another, and testing repaired planes damaged in combat. “We would test fly them and it was just a miracle if anything worked. We were expendable and the men were not,” said Pfister, whose division had a lower accident rate than their male counterparts. Despite the tough assignments, Pfister said she had a lot of fun. “We were able to check out all kinds of planes. One day it would be a little one, the next day it would be a big one,” she said. “I was able to fly a B-17 and that was really exciting for a 21-year-old.” Pfister been named one of the 100 most influential women in the history of aviation. She married Art Pfister, who she met on the ski slopes of Aspen. They had three daughters, but that did not keep her from flying her own airplane and accomplishing great things for her community. In 1963, Betty received her commercial rotorcraft rating and in 1966 she planned and supervised the construction of the Aspen Valley Hospital Heliport. This was the first hospital heliport in Colorado, and has been instrumental in saving many lives. Betty has many other accomplishments to her credit. In 1968, she founded the Pitkin County Air Rescue Group and remained its president until she retired in 1991. This volunteer organization of local pilots initiated searches for downed aircraft and lost skiers in the mountainous regions of Colorado and had saved 32 lives by 2001. Betty was also instrumental in getting the FAA to provide and staff a control tower at the Aspen Airport, even though the airport did not meet normal FAA tower criteria. After receiving her balloon rating, Betty organized the Snowmass Hot Air Balloon Races from 1976 to 1993. In 1973 and 1978 she was a member of the U.S. Helicopter Team, competing in the World Championships. Betty was also founder and first member of the Aspen Chapter of The Ninety-Nines (International Organization of Women Pilots), and in 1984 was inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame. Source: Aspen Daily News and stripes.com Aspen Hall of Fame bio
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- Betty Light
- Contributor to "Being Here: A Gunnison Valley Journal," wife of Dr. Mason Light, lived in Gunnison, CO since 1942. (source: Being Here: A Gunnison Valley Journal). Contributor to "The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal," (source: The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal)