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<p>75.56.53.247: minor</p> <hr /> <div>'''Elsie Balter Wollheim''' (June 26, 1910-February 9, 1996) was co-founder of DAW books, the first publishing company devoted solely to fantasy and science fiction. She typed DAW's very first contract in 1971, drawing on her work for a law firm, paid out royalties and devoted herself to her writers.<br /> <br /> The daughter of Russian immigrants, she studied at Hunter College and worked as a bookkeeper, stenographer and typist in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Her father was a jeweler, and in 1929, Elsie took over as his bookkeeper. Then she worked in a law office for [[Rosalind Cohen]], who introduced her to the early fandom group called the [[Futurians]]. Members included [[Judith Merril]], [[Doris Baumgardt]] (aka Leslie Perri), [[Mary Byers]], and Donald A. Wollheim, whom she married in 1943. While Don worked for publishers, she managed her father's jewelry factory. <br /> <br /> She gave birth to their daughter [[Betsy Wollheim]] in 1951. While a stay-at-home mom until co-founding DAW, she was active in the [[League of Women Voters]] and an avid follower of theater, opera and poetry. <br /> <br /> She died in 1996 after a five-year struggle with cancer. <br /> <br /> Photo:<br /> http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/92soon01.JPG<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [[Damon Knight]]'s book [[The Futurians]].<br /> * [http://www.alamo-sf.org/lonestarcon2/hugo/file770-112.html Obituary, File 770: 112]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Balter, Elsie}}<br /> [[Category: Fans]] <br /> [[Category: Editors]]<br /> [[Category:1910 births]]<br /> [[Category:1996 deaths]]</div>

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<p>75.56.53.247: 1971</p> <hr /> <div>'''Elsie Balter Wollheim''' (June 26, 1910-February 9, 1996) was co-founder of DAW books, the first publishing company devoted solely to fantasy and science fiction. She typed DAW's very first contract in 1971, drawing on her work for a law firm, paid out royalties and devoted herself to her writers.<br /> <br /> The daughter of Russian immigrants, she studied at Hunter College in the late 1920s and early 1930s and worked as a bookkeeper, stenographer, and typist. Her father was a jeweler, and in 1929, Elsie took over as his bookkeeper. Then she worked in a law office for [[Rosalind Cohen]], who introduced her to the early fandom group called the [[Futurians]]. Members included [[Judith Merril]], [[Doris Baumgardt]] (aka Leslie Perri), [[Mary Byers]], and Donald A. Wollheim, whom she married in 1943. While Don worked for publishers, she managed her father's jewelry factory. <br /> <br /> She gave birth to their daughter [[Betsy Wollheim]] in 1951. While a stay-at-home mom until co-founding DAW, she was active in the [[League of Women Voters]] and an avid follower of theater, opera and poetry. <br /> <br /> She died in 1996 after a five-year struggle with cancer. <br /> <br /> Photo:<br /> http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/92soon01.JPG<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [[Damon Knight]]'s book [[The Futurians]].<br /> * [http://www.alamo-sf.org/lonestarcon2/hugo/file770-112.html Obituary, File 770: 112]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Balter, Elsie}}<br /> [[Category: Fans]] <br /> [[Category: Editors]]<br /> [[Category:1910 births]]<br /> [[Category:1996 deaths]]</div>

75.56.53.247 https://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Betty_Ballantine&diff=32338 2009-02-18T04:58:56Z

<p>75.56.53.247: added some info</p> <hr /> <div>'''Betty Ballantine''' (b. 1919) was a pioneering publisher.<br /> <br /> Born in India to a colonial family in 1919, she married Ian Ballantine in 1939. The couple soon moved to New York and began importing mass-market paperbacks from the UK. They founded Bantam Books in 1945. The paperback house specialized in cheap reprints of classics, the first books widely sold in train stations, grocery stores, and other non-bookshop locations.<br /> <br /> The Ballantines founded Ballantine Books in 1952, one of the first publishing houses to offer original science fiction in simultaneously released in hardcover and paperback. In 1974, they sold Ballantine Books to Random House and rejoined Bantam.<br /> <br /> The couple won two World Fantasy Awards, in 1975 and 1984, and Betty received a special [[SFWA]] President’s Award in 2002. In 2005, she received the [[Roots in Writing Award]] from the [[SFFFW|SF-FFWs]] (Science Fiction and Fantasy Female Writers).<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Ballantine, Betty}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:1919 births]]<br /> [[Category:Publishers (people)]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]</div>

75.56.53.247 https://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Elsie_Wollheim&diff=32337 2009-02-18T03:16:25Z

<p>75.56.53.247: more detail from obit</p> <hr /> <div>'''Elsie Balter Wollheim''' (June 26, 1910-February 9, 1996) was co-founder of DAW books, the first publishing company devoted solely to fantasy and science fiction. She typed DAW's very first contract, drawing on her work for a law firm, paid royalties and devoted herself to her writers.<br /> <br /> The daughter of Russian immigrants, she studied at Hunter College in the late 1920s and early 1930s and worked as a bookkeeper, stenographer, and typist. Her father was a jeweler, and in 1929, Elsie took over as his bookkeeper. Then she worked in a law office for [[Rosalind Cohen]], who introduced her to the early fandom group called the [[Futurians]]. Members included [[Judith Merril]], [[Doris Baumgardt]] (aka Leslie Perri), [[Mary Byers]], and Donald A. Wollheim, whom she married in 1943. While Don worked for publishers, she managed her father's jewelry factory. <br /> <br /> She gave birth to their daughter [[Betsy Wollheim]] in 1951. While a stay-at-home mom until co-founding DAW, she was active in the [[League of Women Voters]] and an avid follower of theater, opera and poetry. <br /> <br /> She died in 1996 after a five-year struggle with cancer. <br /> <br /> Photo:<br /> http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/92soon01.JPG<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [[Damon Knight]]'s book [[The Futurians]].<br /> * [http://www.alamo-sf.org/lonestarcon2/hugo/file770-112.html Obituary, File 770: 112]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Balter, Elsie}}<br /> [[Category: Fans]] <br /> [[Category: Editors]]<br /> [[Category:1910 births]]<br /> [[Category:1996 deaths]]</div>

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