About Bettye Lane
Bettye Lane was an American photojournalist known for documenting major events within the feminist movement, the civil rights movement, and the gay rights movement in the United States. She joined CBS television in 1960, and from 1962 to 1964 she was with the Saturday Evening Post. Her work has been published in the National Observer, Time, Life, and the Associated Press. Lane's work with public relations and the news, from 1959 to 1962, prepared her for her first job as a photojournalist. In 1970, Lane had her first encounter with the women's movement when she was assigned to cover the first Women's Strike for Equality. Bettye Lane (September 19, 1930, Boston – September 19, 2012, Manhattan) was an American photojournalist known for documenting major events within the feminist movement, the civil rights movement, and the gay rights movement in the United States. Lane became exposed to public relations in 1959 when she began to attend the Boston University School of Public Relations and Communications.
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