Oveta Culp Hobby
- Category : 1905-births
- Type : GE
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Triple Split
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Laws 4
Biography
American publisher and politician who was reading her father's legal papers from early childhood. By the age of 20 she was a parliamentarian in the Texas House of Representatives, and at 24 she became a candidate for the Texas State Legislature. When WW II began, she joined the WAACs from 1942-1945; she was promoted to Major, then Colonel. On 2/21/1953, she was appointed the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare of President Eisenhower's cabinet.
She was married on 2/23/1921 to William Pettus Hobby, former Governor of Texas and the Publisher of the POST; she worked on the magazine and raised their two children. By 1938, she had become the Assistant Vice President and Manager of the magazine. Her media holdings eventually made her one of the richest women in the nation.
She suffered a stroke on 4/17/1995 and died on 8/16/1995, Houston, TX.