You Meet Such Interesting People

At the age of twenty-five Bess Whitehead Scott became the first woman reporter for the city desk of the Houston Post. The year was 1915.Born near Blanket Texas in 1890 Scott grew up on a small farm held together by her widowed mother and eight brothers and sisters. She graduated from Baylor University and taught school briefly before she persuaded the Post editors to give her a chance. Then even before the filming of the silent movie classic Birth of a Nation she went to the little film colony called Hollywood to try her hand at writing scenarios.Bess Scott encountered many individuals who made a deep impression on her. Clark Gable and Lyndon Johnson were her friends; her best friend Lila Danforth was always there during rough times. The talents and stamina of Bess Scott and her mother in fighting rural and urban hardships exemplify a century of women''s progress and highlight the roles played by the interesting people strung along the thread of their lives.