Alt, Betty L. 1931– (Betty Alt, Betty Sowers Alt)

PERSONAL:

Born November 12, 1931, in Walsenburg, CO; daughter of Cecil and Maria (a homemaker) Sowers; married William E. Alt (an air force officer), June 19, 1960; children: Eden Jeanette Alt Murrie. Education: Colorado College, B.A., 1960; Northeast Missouri State College (now University), M.A., 1968.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Pueblo, CO. Office—Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Colorado State University—Pueblo, Pueblo, CO 81001-4901. Agent—Seymour Agency, 475 Miner Street Rd., Canton, NY 13617. E-mail—betty.alt@colostate-pueblo.edu.

CAREER:

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, instructor in sociology, 1989-95; Colorado State University—Pueblo, Pueblo, lecturer in sociology, 1991—. Lecturer at Hawaii Pacific College, Christopher Newport College, University of Maryland extension on Okinawa, and Auburn University at Montgomery.

MEMBER:

American Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women, PEN Women.

WRITINGS:

(Under name Betty Sowers Alt; with Bonnie Domrose Stone) Uncle Sam's Brides: The World of Military Wives, Walker and Co. (New York, NY), 1990.

(Under name Betty Sowers Alt; with Bonnie Domrose Stone) Campfollowing: A History of the Military Wife, Praeger (Westport, CT), 1991.

(Under name Betty Alt; with Silvia Folts) Weeping Violins: The Gypsy Tragedy in Europe, Thomas Jefferson University Press (Kirksville, MO), 1996.

(With Wayne K. Patterson) Slaughter in Cell House 3: The Anatomy of a Riot, venderGeest Publishing (Highlands Ranch, CO), 1997.

(Under name Betty Alt; with Sandra K. Wells) Wicked Women: Black Widows, Child Killers, and Other Women in Crime, Paladin Press (Boulder, CO), 2002.

(With Sandra K. Wells) Black Soldiers, White Wars: Black Warriors from Antiquity to the Present, Praeger (Westport, CT), 2002.

(With Wayne K. Patterson) Keeper of the Keys: A Warden's Notebook, My Friend the Printer (Pueblo, CO), 2003.

(With Sandra K. Wells) Fleecing Grandma and Grandpa: Protecting against Scams, Cons, and Frauds, Praeger (Westport, CT), 2004.

(With Sandra K. Wells) Police Women: Life with the Badge, Praeger (Westport, CT), 2005.

Following the Flag: Marriage and the Military, Praeger Security International (Westport, CT), 2006.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

New York Times Book Review, July 8, 1990, Ann Banks, review of Uncle Sam's Brides: The World of Military Wives, p. 29.