Soss, Wilma.
Biographical notes:
Wilma Soss (1900-1986) was a stockholders' rights advocate for women, publicist, and radio journalist during the twentieth century. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Soss worked as a publicist for a number of well known companies and organizations between the 1920s and 1940s, including Saks Fifth Avenue (1931-1934) and Alfred Dunhill, Limited (1932-1934). She became a women's stockholders' rights advocate during the 1940s and founded the Federation of Women Stockholders in American Business in 1947. To advance the cause of women's economic suffrage, Soss became a well known corporate gadfly and made highly publicized appearances at numerous corporate stockholders meetings between the 1940s and 1980s. Soss was also a well known radio journalist for NBC Radio between the 1950s and 1980s, serving as commentator and financial analyst of "Pocketbook News" (1954-1975) and "Wilma Says" (1975-1980).
From the description of Wilma Soss papers, 1862-1987 (bulk 1931-1987) (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 156978081
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- Radio journalists
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