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Betty James, Co-Founder Of Slinky Dead At 90
allheadlinenews ^
| November 23, 2008
Posted on 11/23/2008 3:46:37 AM PST by JoeProBono
Hollidaysburg, PA (AHN) - Betty James - the co-founder of the company that made the Slinky - and a single mother who broke the glass ceiling to become a successful executive in the 1950s has died. She was 90.
James co-founded what would become the Slinky empire in 1945 with her husband, the late Richard James.
But when her husband left to join a religious cult and follow it to Bolivia, she took over control and management of the company, James Industries Inc., along with raising the couple's six children alone.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bettyjames; glassceiling; obituary; slinky
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To: JoeProBono
That is interesting. My first response to the suggestion of moving to Bolivia would be to “have none of it,” too.
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11/23/2008 6:11:02 AM PST
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Tax-chick
(You can run from yourself, but you won't get very far.)
To: Slings and Arrows
OMG! That's GREAT! LOL Best vid in a L-O-N-G time!
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11/23/2008 6:39:55 AM PST
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Daffynition
("Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.")
To: Daffynition
To: JoeProBono
To: Tax-chick
"Richard James died in 1974. I haven’t found any other details yet."
I guess Betty wasn't the "Super Freak" he wanted, huh?
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11/23/2008 7:13:23 AM PST
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shibumi
(...so if it's organic, where are its organs?)
To: shibumi
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11/23/2008 7:16:44 AM PST
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Tax-chick
(You can run from yourself, but you won't get very far.)
To: Tax-chick
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11/23/2008 7:20:46 AM PST
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shibumi
(...so if it's organic, where are its organs?)
To: shibumi
Thanks - now I get it. That takes me back to junior high school; I’ll probably have nightmares now.
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11/23/2008 7:24:14 AM PST
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Tax-chick
(You can run from yourself, but you won't get very far.)
To: Tax-chick
You must be really young. I think I was 33 when that came out.
(I looked really hip in gold chains and polyester - kinda like the Swinging Fenstruk Brothers.)
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11/23/2008 7:31:06 AM PST
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shibumi
(...so if it's organic, where are its organs?)
To: shibumi
I’m 42. We did wear polyester - it was the only thing available!
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11/23/2008 7:52:48 AM PST
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Tax-chick
(You can run from yourself, but you won't get very far.)
To: Slinky911
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11/23/2008 1:25:29 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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