Betty McKelvey Kalish

Background

Kalish was born on September 30, 1913 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Education

Kalish graduated from the University of Wisconsin.

Career

A journalist by trade, Kalish was a reporter, state editor, and society editor for the Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1935 to 1940 and a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal from 1940 to 1941. She then moved to Washington, D.C. She continued freelance writing and contributed articles to Foreign Service Journal, American Home and Popular Aviation. Kalish also wrote scripts for the United States Information Agency from 1964 to 1965. Her travels to England, France, Austria, Indonesia and Pakistan led to her two children’s novels, Siti’s Summer (1964), and Eleven! Time to Think About Marriage, Farhut (1970). She also contributed to Fodor Guide to Austria.

Works

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  • Siti's summer 1964
  • Eleven! Time to think of marriage, Farhut 1970

Connections

Kalish married Stanley Edward Kalish, who worked for the United States Information Agency.

husband:

Stanley Edward Kalish