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Perle Mesta Named 1950 Woman of the Year
Oklahoma born Perle Vesta, U.S. minister to Luxembourg, is chosen as the 1950 Woman of the Year by Associated Press editors. She joins a list honoring Ethel Merman, Gloria Swanson, and Margaret Chase Smith among others, in a year highlighting women in arts, literature, science, and politics.
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Perle Mesta
New York
Perle Vesta
U.S
Luxembourg
Associated Press
Mesta
Washington
Ethel Merman
Madam
Lichtenburg
Mary Martin
South Pacific
Gloria Swanson
Miss Swanson
Hollywood
Pearl S. Buck
John Day Company
Jack Trent
Jeffersonville
Entucky
Elizabeth Trent
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Ohio
Joseph T. Kiep
Orillia Stuhlmueller
Casper & Casper
Ther
Irene Gorey Diller
Institute For Cancer Research
Philadelphia
Gorey
Gussie Moran
Mary Margaret McBride
NBC
ABC
Yankee Stadium
Vivien Kellems
Stormy Petrel
Westport
Conn
U. S
Connecticut
Margaret Truman
Millicent Carey McIntosh
Barnard College
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
U. S. Senate
Senate
Faye Emerson