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Women’s History Month: Beverley Morales
Day 29 of Women’s History month features Beverley Brink Morales She grew up on a Montana ranch where she punched cattle, dehorned calves, and herded sheep. She graduated from Montana State University and was hired by a newspaper to cover snow ski competitions and prizefights. After some public relations positions, she was hired as a society reporter at the Mexico News in Mexico City. She married the newspaper’s sports editor, Hector Morales. The couple came to the U.S. in 1956 and ran a newspaper in North Dakota. In 1959, she became an assistant editor in the Miami Herald’s women’s section – the top women’s section in the country. Unlike many…