A black-and-white photograph of jazz vocalist Betty Carter singing at a performance in Hollywood, FL. Carter is photographed in close up and from a low angle. She holds a microphone in her right hand as she sings and her left hand is held up in front of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.136
Black and white photograph of Betty Carter pictured smiling, looking at the camera. She is pictured in the lower two-thirds of the image wearing a large wool coat, dark shirt, and geometric head wrap. She stands in front of a gauzy fabric background. A…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.157.8
A black and white photographic portrait of Betty Carter during a performance. Aside from Carter's face and body, elements of the photograph are out of focus, giving a blurred, halo effect. Carter is on stage, with her mouth open in performance.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.99.29
Betty Elaine Collette (December 5, 1930 – February 5, 2017 ) was a veterinary pathologist from Asheville, North Carolina. She attended Stephens-Lee High School. It is believed she earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Morgan State University, and…
Betty Grace Currie (née Williams; born November 10, 1939) is an American government official who served as the personal secretary for Bill Clinton during his tenure as president of the United States. She became well known as a figure in the Lewinsky…
Betty Davis (born Betty Gray Mabry; July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and model. She was known for her controversial sexually oriented lyrics and performance style, and was the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. Her…
Betty Eileen King is an American diplomat born in Saint Vincent. From 2010 to 2013 she served as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Betty Jean Everett (November 23, 1939 – August 19, 2001) was an American soul singer and pianist, best known for her biggest hit single, the million-selling "Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)", and her duet "Let It Be Me" with Jerry Butler.
Betty Wright Harris (born July 29, 1940) is an American chemist. She is known for her work on the chemistry of explosives completed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She patented a spot test for detecting 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) in the…
Elizabeth Hemings (c. 1735 – 1807) was an enslaved woman of mixed ethnicity in colonial Virginia. With her enslaver, planter John Wayles, it is claimed she had six children, including Sally Hemings.
Betty Jackson King (Feb 17, 1928 – June 1, 1994) was an American pianist, singer, teacher, choral conductor, and composer. She was best known for her vocal works.
Betty Jean Alexander (born c. 1966) is an American politician, who served as a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 5th district from 2019 to 2022. Alexander was described as a dark horse candidate due to her never holding public…
Betty Jones (1930 – November 7, 2019) was an American operatic spinto soprano, who did not begin her career until the age of forty-one. Jones was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. Having been an Art major at Sarah Lawrence College, in 1971 Jones made her…
Cataloged as “Betty LaDuke and Terhas Iyassu at the United States Information Services Workshop Exhibition, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0919
