Oveta Culp Hobby
Born January 19, 1905
Killeen, Texas
Died August 16, 1995
Houston, Texas
Director of the Women's Army Corps
"(Women) are carrying on the glorious tradition of Americ...
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American government official and businesswoman Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) held pioneering roles as the first head of both the Women's Army Corps (WACs) and the Department of Health, Education, and W...
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The following essay discusses Oveta Hobby and her husband, Will.The twentieth-century version of Texas publisher-politico was pioneered by William Pettus "Will" Hobby, governor of Texas from 1917 to 1...
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