Born in Oak Park: Betty and Another Beauty
On this day in 1922 American actress, comedian, author, singer and personality Betty Marion White Ludden was born in Oak Park, Illinois. White’s family moved to Los Angeles, California during the Great Depression, and in high school in Beverly Hills, White discovered her love for acting after taking the lead role in a play she wrote for a graduation day play. Three months later she had her first television job, singing songs with a classmate on an experimental LA station.
This Log Cabin quilt was made by Rebecca Mason Grant of Oak Park, Illinois in 1885. The top is hand pieced silk velvet and satin. A relative of the quiltmaker documented the quilt during the Iowa Quilt Research Project in 1988.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_White
Posted by Amy E. Milne
Executive Director, Quilt Alliance
amy.milne@quiltalliance.org