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Sometime before she turned 10 Bette's parents divorced and she was raised by her mother and grandmother. Bette graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in She received bachelor degrees in economics and journalism at Drake and went on to receive her masters degree in journalism at Northwestern in Chicago.
After working as a secretary in the Iowa Statehouse, she took a job at the advertising firm of C. Miller Company in Chicago. In she obtained a leave of absence from her job to become the director of publicity of the women's division of war bond and stamp sales with the Treasury Department. She was the first Council Bluffs woman to enlist and was the second woman in the country to enter the WAVE training school.
She helped to produce training films for the U. Bette went on to make films for the United States Chamber of Commerce. These films were meant to promote business and also fight communism. She was able to capture a recognizable but blurry picture of the royal couple at the airport. A picture of Bette greeting Princess Elizabeth was featured in Life magazine. Bette continued her career in Washington D. She worked in the promotions department of the Omaha World Herald.
In her spare time Bette collected Christmas ornaments. Part of her collection was displayed at the Joslyn Art Museum in At the time Bette had around ornaments, some dating back to the s.
