Double Ambitions for Pretty Rita

Double Ambitions for Pretty Rita

Entertainment

An article that introduces beauty queen and newly-tried actress Rita Wilson. The article gives a brief sketch of Rita Wilson's stage and performance career primarily for the purpose of juxtaposing it against a secondary interest of hers: optometry. Though she admits in he article that her first love is the stage, she also professes a willingness to pursue optometry should her acting ambitions fall through. Rita explains her first encounter with her secondary career option through the lens of her own performance career (specifically, how contact lenses improved her baton-twirling). The article concludes on a hopeful note, mentioning the training Rita has undergone from an optometry technician, who only has good things to say about his student.

Lapides, George

Mississippi Valley Collection

The University of Memphis Libraries

July 30, 1969

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Reid, James R.

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Hist4851, Spring 2015