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Mar 24, 2024 · Carpenter, who died in 2010, came a long way from growing up in rural Salado and burgeoning Austin, where she paid $12.50 per semester to attend the University of Texas.
- Writer
Mar 22, 2010 · Mary Elizabeth Sutherland was born in Salado, Tex. on Sept. 1, 1920, the middle of five children -- three brothers and one sister -- of Thomas Shelton Sutherland, a rancher who later went into the road construction business, and Mary Elizabeth Sutherland.
Jul 26, 1987 · Mrs. Carpenter's book, written in a warm, chatty tone, tells the story of a young woman who was born in rural Salado, Tex. (population 1,500), and whose life was transformed when she took up ...
Mar 20, 2010 · Originally Created by: Dennis Alan Deel. Added: Mar 22, 2010. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 50066095. Sponsored by Seth Musselman. Source citation. Author, Journalist, Speechwriter, Humorist. Born Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, daughter of Thomas S Sutherland III and Mary Elizabeth Robertson. She married Leslie Scott Carpenter.
- Born in Salado
- Fought For Equal Rights
- ‘Just A Force of Nature'
Feminist Gloria Steinem also recalled Carpenter with love. “She has always been a touchstone, the kind of original, irreplaceable friend about whom one thinks in good times and bad, ‘What would Liz do?' or ‘I wish Liz were here,' or ‘I'm going to call Liz,' ” Steinem said. “I don't want to think about a world in which she's not at the other end of ...
When the Johnsons moved into the White House, Carpenter went to work for Lady Bird. Together they took reporters on tours of the national parks, in hopes that the scribes would write about the country's vast beauty and bounteous natural resources. After the Johnsons left the White House and Carpenter's beloved Les died in 1974, she returned to Aust...
One regular at Carpenter's gatherings was Bruce Kirkland, friend, neighbor, optometrist and No. 1 piano player. He said she was able to stay in her lovely home until December, when she moved into a nearby retirement home. “She retained her sense of humor right until the end,” Kirkland said. As he stood over her at the hospital Friday night, she bar...
Mar 21, 2010 · Ms. Carpenter, the former Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, was born in Salado and was a sixth-generation Texan. Her father was a highway contractor and her mother was fond of poetry. The Sutherlands ...
Sep 1, 2020 · September 1, 2020. One hundred years ago, a journalist was born. A feminist was born. A woman who made a difference in Texas and national politics was born. A proud graduate of the School of Journalism and Media was born. Liz Carpenter was all those things, and more. She was born in Salado, Texas, on Sept. 1, 1920, a fifth-generation generation ...
