Hobby, William P., Sr. Family

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William P. Hobby, Sr. (1878-1964), was an editor and publisher, in addition to serving as governor of Texas from 1917 to 1921. He was editor and owner of the Houston Post, owner of the Beaumont Enterprise and lieutenant governor of Texas from 1914 to 1917. He was married to Oveta Culp Hobby, the first woman member of a U.S. president's cabinet; first Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (under Dwight D. Eisenhower); and first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps.

From the guide to the William P. Hobby, Sr. Family Papers 94-267; 97-273; 2008-291; 2011-176; 2011-294., 1914-1997, 2011, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin)

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