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Bessie
Beatty Home
Bessie Beatty at Oxy
American Girl in Russia
Foreign Correspondent
Screenwriter, Activist,
and Radio Host
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Later
Life: Screenwriter, Activist, and Radio Host
In 1926, Beatty married British
actor William Sauter. The two spent some time back
in Los Angeles, where Beatty wrote for MGM Studios
and co-wrote a play, Jamboree, which
appeared on Broadway in 1932. Never abandoning her
activist nature, she became director of the National
Label Council to promote union-made goods. In the
late 1930s she became the American Secretary of the
International P.E.N. Club, a writer’s organization.
In 1940, her radio career took off as she began to
host a show on W.O.R. New York. By 1942, her show
was the most popular women’s show on air in the
country. She continued her radio work until her
death in 1947.
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Beatty and husband William
Sauter
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Sauter and Beatty collect for
a drive
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Eleanor Roosevelt appears on
Bessie Beatty's WOR show, 1945
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Eleanor Roosevelt and Bessie
Beatty collect cans for a food drive, 1945
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Bessie Beatty promoting
union-made goods with the National Label
Council
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Bessie Beatty at the
Shakespeare Festival, 1942
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