Marjorie Husted (née Child; April 2, 1892 â€" December 23, 1986) was
an American home economist and businesswoman who worked for General
Mills and was responsible for the success and fame of the brand
character Betty Crocker. Husted wrote Betty Crocker's radio scripts
and was her radio voice for a time.Several different women are
believed by different audiences to be the woman behind Betty
Crocker.[nb 1] Until recently when the company admitted she was not a
real person, Husted answered to the name Betty Crocker for visitors to
General Mills.Husted's original ideas and hard work transformed Betty
Crocker, in the words of author Laura Shapiro, into "the most
successful culinary authority ever invented."Born in Minneapolis,
Minnesota,, the daughter of Sampson Child and his wife, Alice, she
studied home economics and German at the University of Minnesota where
she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Marjorie Husted Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter