How Betty Crocker Was Invented
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Subscribe to The Hustle Daily Newsletter: https://clickhubspot.com/l31 You probably know Betty Crocker as the cookbook and cake mix lady. The wholesome brunette who could tell you not only how to make a pie, but for decades she served as a cultural ideal of the American housewife. But did you know…that Betty Crocker, the person, the woman, never actually existed? Noelle Medina investigates the true origins of Betty herself.