Social IMpact
"She believed that part of being a good citizen in the community meant supporting the people who governed the city…when they were trying to do something good, like build an airport or a hospital or parks and museums. She supported her church because she knew it was a positive force in the lives of so many people. She supported those things with her own money and asked her friends to help, too. When people saw that she was stepping up for these causes, they did too. She was a leader in helping to build Houston into the great city it is today."
-Laura Beckworth, Granddaughter of Oveta Culp Hobby
Personal Correspondence, February 10, 2015
-Laura Beckworth, Granddaughter of Oveta Culp Hobby
Personal Correspondence, February 10, 2015
Mrs. Hobby paved the way for women by showing them a way to know how strong they really were. She also gave back to her community by funding for art, her work in education and in schools, and by helping all to be treated fairly.
women in the media
“She was a woman born into an olden time, who showed how much a women can do in our time. Oveta Culp Hobby will live on in our memory for all time.”
-Channel 2 Newscast from Steve Wasserman, 1995.
-Channel 2 Newscast from Steve Wasserman, 1995.
The Hobby Center, Downtown Houston, Texas
philanthropic work
"Her [Hobby]most influential legacy was that she was fair. She gave people the chance to show their talents and hard work…regardless of their backgrounds. That was a brave and unpopular thing to do sometimes-but she knew it was the right thing to do."
-Laura Beckworth, Granddaughter of Oveta Culp Hobby
Personal Correspondence, February 10, 2015
-Laura Beckworth, Granddaughter of Oveta Culp Hobby
Personal Correspondence, February 10, 2015
The Museum of Fine Arts,Houston Contributions, January 15, 2015.
" ...one of her [ Hobby] lasting legacies is that she opened doors to women that people didn't think they could do...at the time that she [Hobby]was in the public eye whether she [Hobby] was being a newspaper publisher or the director of the women's army corps or the secretary of the Department of Health Education and Welfare. No matter which of those roles she was doing at the time, she understood that she was a role model and the people were really scrutinizing her and they were really looking at her under a microscope and she realized she was representing women and people were all judging all American women by her."
-Personal Interview with Debra Winegarten, February 2, 2015.
-Personal Interview with Debra Winegarten, February 2, 2015.