Title: They Said I Couldn't Do It, But I Did!
Description: Evelyn Echols was a farm girl who sought fame as a model in New York.  She went on to found a travel school that rescued hundreds of girls from the cities' ghettos. She also founded a successful travel agency that brought her in contact with a roster of famous clients. Evelyn Echols of Chicago  was the first woman invited to join Rotary International.  She married Dave Echols, an advertising man, and together they had a long, successful marriage..  She proved that a talented, intelligent, sensitive woman could make a career as well as a home.
Subjects: Women, Biography, Businesswomen, Travel agents
Places: Illinois, Chicago, Chicago (Ill.)
People: Evelyn B. Echols (1915-)