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<html> <head> <title>Betty Smith</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/528/000110198/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Betty Smith</b></font><p><img src="bettysmith01.jpg" height=288 width=224 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Betty Smith"><b>AKA</b> Sophina Elisabeth Wehner<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/867/000106549/" class=proflink>15-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/895/000105580/" class=proflink>1896</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/436/000069229/" class=proflink>Brooklyn, NY</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/900/000106582/" class=proflink>17-Jan</a>-<a href="/lists/482/000106164/" class=proflink>1972</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/143/000144708/" class=proflink>Shelton, CT</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/323/000069116/" class=proflink>Pneumonia</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, Legion Street Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Female<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Novelist<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</i><p><b>Father:</b> John Wehner (b. 1874, d. 21-Dec-1915)<br><b>Mother:</b> Katie Hummel Wehner (b. 1877)<br><b>Brother:</b> William<br><b>Sister:</b> Regina<br><b>Sister:</b> Maggie (b. 1901, d. 1902)<br><b>Father:</b> Michael Keogh (stepfather)<br><b>Husband:</b> George H.E. Smith (m. 6-Jun-1919, div. 1938, d. 14-Dec-1962, heart attack)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Nancy (b. 11-Nov-1922)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Mary<br><b>Husband:</b> Joe Jones (m. 7-Aug-1943, div. 1951)<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> Alan (1949-50)<br><b>Husband:</b> Robert Finch (m. 1957, d. Feb-1959, heart attack)<br><p> High School: Girl's High School<br> University: <a href="/edu/512/000068308/">University of Michigan</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/480/000068276/">Yale University</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/410/000121047/">New Haven College (1933)</a><br><p> <a href="/event/860/000080620/">Nervous Breakdown</a> 1948<br> <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/712/000075487/">Insomnia</a>, <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a><br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</i> (<tt>1943</tt>, novel)<br><i>Tomorrow Will Be Better</i> (<tt>1947</tt>, novel)<br><i>Maggie-Now</i> (<tt>1958</tt>, novel)<br><i>Joy in the Morning</i> (<tt>1963</tt>, novel)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=110198" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>