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Betty Van Deventer
A sharp, practical voice of the Little Blue Book era, Betty Van Deventer wrote about work, marriage, modern womanhood, and everyday social life. Her concise guides offer a lively glimpse into the hopes and pressures facing women in the late 1920s.
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100 professions for women
by Betty Van Deventer
About the author
Betty Van Deventer was an early 20th-century writer whose work appeared in the popular Little Blue Book series published by Haldeman-Julius. Her known titles include 100 Professions for Women, How New York Working Girls Live, How to Get a Husband, Confessions of a Modern Woman, and Why Wives Leave Home.
Her books focused on practical and provocative questions about women’s employment, relationships, marriage, divorce, and changing social expectations. 100 Professions for Women, published in 1928, surveys career possibilities and encourages women to seek training and financial independence.
Reliable details about Van Deventer’s personal life are scarce, so she is best remembered through her topical, accessible writing—short works that captured the concerns of readers navigating modern life in the 1920s.